417, Lot: 291. Estimate $500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (31mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Dated CY 47 (80/79 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ZM (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician bet between legs. DCA-Tyre 115 var. (monogram in right rev. field); Rouvier 2037; BMC 138; DCA 919; HGC 10, 357. Good VF, lightly toned.

Reportedly ex Wayne Phillips MBS 26 (15 July 1995), lot 588.