Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 697. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $276. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm / Shekel (14.27 gm). Dated year 31 (96/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; AL (date) and club to left, Phoenician "B" between legs, monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 241, 118. Toned VF, some horn silver on the reverse. ($300)

From the Collection of Peter Roell.