DCA Tyre Plate Coin

406, Lot: 495. Estimate $300. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20.5mm, 6.59 g, 1h). Dated CY 142 (AD 16/7). Laureate head of Melkart right, [wearing lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PMB (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; A (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 851 (this coin illustrated); DCA 922; HGC 10, 358. VF, deep iridescent tone, off center, some pitting, light scuff on obverse.

From the B. H. Webb Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 157 (31 January 2007), lot 36.