Triton XXII, Lot: 355. Estimate $400. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25mm, 14.18 g, 1h). Dated CY 141 (AD 15/6). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PMA (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs; TVPOV IEPAΣ [KAI AΣV]ΛOV around. DCA-Tyre 500; Rouvier –; RPC I Supp. 4655A; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC –. In NGC encapsulation, 4282170-005, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Struck during the lifetime of Christ. Rare date.