DCA-Tyre Plate Coin
From the Prieur Collection

443, Lot: 143. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 6.41 g, 12h). Dated CY 89 (38/37 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΠΘ (date) above club; to right, BN; uncertain Phoenician letter between legs. DCA-Tyre 805 (this coin illustrated); RPC I –; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921; Prieur –. Fine, toned, some roughness. Extremely rare date.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 290 (7 November 2012), lot 206.