422, Lot: 302. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (23mm, 6.36 g, 1h). Dated CY 49 (78/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΘM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 786 (same dies as illustration); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Near VF, rough surfaces.