406, Lot: 493. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29.5mm, 14.12 g, 12h). Dated CY 31 (96/5 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [wearing lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 112; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. VF, toned, area of roughness on obverse, slight die shift on reverse.

From the B. H. Webb Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 162 (11 April 2007), lot 110.