Triton XXII, Lot: 367. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23.5mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Dated CY 169 (AD 43/4). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs; TVPOV IE[PAΣ KAI AΣV]ΛOV around. DCA-Tyre 624 (same dies as illustration); Rouvier –; RPC I Supp. 4669B; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC –. In NGC encapsulation, 4282171-012, graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.