Triton XXII, Lot: 364. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22mm, 14.34 g, 11h). Dated CY 160 (AD 34/5). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs; [TVPOV IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV] around. DCA-Tyre 583 (same obv. die as illustration); Rouvier –; RPC I 4664; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC –. In NGC encapsulation, 4282171-006, graded XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.