DCA Tyre Plate Coin

433, Lot: 117. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.44 g, 1h). Dated CY 14 (113/2 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΔI (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA Tyre 38 (this coin illustrated); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, toned, some roughness.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 365 (16 December 2015), lot 201.