CNG 109, Lot: 353. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (30.5mm, 14.31 g, 12h). Dated CY 37 (90/89 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ZΛ (date) above club; monogram to right; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 133 (same dies as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Good VF, toned, slight die wear.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 11 (23 November 2004), lot 196.