441, Lot: 177. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 6.62 g, 1h). Dated CY 172 (AD 49/7). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POB (date) above club; to right, KP above Θ above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 914; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. VF, toned, compact flan. Rare date for half shekel.