405, Lot: 237. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 13.71 g, 1h). Dated CY 70 (57/6 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, O (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 237; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. VF, toned, double struck, roughness and scratches on obverse. Rare date.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.