418, Lot: 355. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25mm, 13.91 g, 12h). Dated CY 130 (AD 4/5). Laureate head of Melkart right, [wearing lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΛ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 466; RPC I 4652; HGC 10, 358; DCA 919. Good VF, slight roughness. Rare date.