430, Lot: 208. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (30mm, 13.63 g, 12h). Dated CY 80 (47/6 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, Π (date) above club; monogram to right; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 264; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. VF, toned, off center, area of weak strike, scuffs on obverse, a couple marks on reverse.