Triton XXII, Lot: 371. Estimate $750. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 14.30 g, 1h). Dated CY 174 (AD 48/9). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs; [TYPOY] IEPAΣ [KAI] AΣYΛ[OY] around. DCA-Tyre 650; Rouvier –; RPC I 4673; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; BMC 209 var. (monogram). In NGC encapsulation, 4282172-002, graded MS(star), Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.