406, Lot: 496. Estimate $200. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 6.82 g, 1h). Dated CY 144 (AD 18/9). Laureate head of Melkart right, [wearing lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PMΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; A (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 857; DCA 922; HGC 10, 358. VF, toned, small mark and flan flaw on obverse.

From the George Bernert Collection.