CNG 108, Lot: 366. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (30mm, 14.33 g, 1h). Dated CY 50 (77/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LN (date) above club; ΔI to right, no Phoenician letter between legs. DCA-Tyre 176 var. (Phoenician letter between legs); Rouvier –; HGC 10, 358; DCA 919. Good VF, lightly toned, double struck on obverse. Excellent metal. Extremely rare variety.

From the D. C. Kopen Collection. Ex Pegasi BBS 105 (19 January 1998), lot 118.