Triton XXII, Lot: 372. Estimate $750. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22.5mm, 14.18 g, 1h). Dated CY 175 (AD 49/50). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POE (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ [KAI] AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 654; Rouvier –; RPC I 4674 corr. (date); HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; cf. BMC 210. In NGC encapsulation, 4282172-003, graded MS(star), Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.