Triton XXII, Lot: 377. Estimate $500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22mm, 13.73 g, 12h). Dated CY 186 (AD 60/1). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΠς (date) above club; to right, KP above CA; Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ [KAI AΣYΛOY] around. DCA-Tyre 678 (this coin illustrated); Rouvier –; RPC Supp. 4680B; HGC 10, 357 var. (unlisted date); DCA 920; BMC –. In NGC encapsulation, 4282172-006, graded XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5. Very rare date.