Triton XXII, Lot: 349. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 14.20 g, 12h). Dated CY 117 (10/9 BC). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PIZ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 435; Rouvier –; RPC I 4647; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC –. In NGC encapsulation, 4282169-008, graded Ch XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.