440, Lot: 211. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 14.13 g, 1h). Dated CY 109 (18/7 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΘ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 406; RPC I 4640; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. In NGC encapsulation, 4282169-002, graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Rare with this letter between legs.