430, Lot: 211. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24.5mm, 13.99 g, 12h). Dated CY 145 (AD 19/20). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PME (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; [uncertain Phoenician letter between legs]. Cf. DCA-Tyre 519 and 522; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Fine, lightly toned, compact flan, off center on reverse, light deposits.