428, Lot: 217. Estimate $100. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 5.98 g, 1h). Dated CY 145 (AD 19/20). Laureate head of Melkart right, [wearing lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PME (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 861 (same rev. die); DCA 922; HGC 10, 358. VF, toned, rough surfaces, deposits, scratches.