Triton XXI, Lot: 522. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25.5mm, 14.22 g, 1h). Dated CY 109 (18/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΘ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs; TVPOV IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV around. DCA-Tyre 404 (same obv. die as illustration of 403); HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. EF, lightly toned.