Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 698. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm / Shekel (14.26 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 "A" between legs, SA to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 241, 118 var. (B between legs, monogram right). Good VF, unrecorded variant. ($500)

From the Collection of Peter Roell.