Issues from the Lifetime of Christ

439, Lot: 140. Estimate $500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25mm, 14.23 g, 1h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 137 (AD 11/2). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΛZ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 489; RPC I 4654B; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. In NGC encapsulation, 4282170-003, graded XF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.