408, Lot: 260. Estimate $150. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 6.14 g, 1h). Dated CY 182 (AD 56/7). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΡΠB (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; [Phoenician letter between legs]. Cf. DCA-Tyre 919; RPC I 4704; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. VF, toned, rough, cleaning marks, off center on reverse.