Triton XXII, Lot: 378. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23.5mm, 13.48 g, 12h). Dated CY 187 (AD 61/2). Head of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΠZ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs; [TYPOY IEPAΣ] KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 680 (same dies as illustration); Rouvier –; RPC –; HGC 10, 357 var. (unlisted date); DCA 920; BMC –. In NGC encapsulation, 4282172-007, graded XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Very rare date.