Triton XXII, Lot: 350. Estimate $500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24.5mm, 14.19 g, 1h). Dated CY 123 (4/3 BC). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PKΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IE[PAΣ] KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 447; Rouvier –; RPC I 4648; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC 195. In NGC encapsulation, 4282169-008, graded XF(star), Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.