DCA Tyre Plate Coin

406, Lot: 497. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23.5mm, 14.01 g, 12h). Dated CY 145 (19/20 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [wearing lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PME (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 518 (this coin illustrated); DCA 920; HGC 10, 357. Good VF, toned, tiny flan flaw on obverse.

From the B. H. Webb Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 603 (incorrect date noted).