422, Lot: 304. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20.5mm, 6.64 g, 12h). Uncertain date. Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, uncertain date above club; uncertain control to right, uncertain Phoenician letter between legs. HGC 10, 358. VF, rough and encrusted surfaces. High relief obverse.