DCA-Tyre Plate Coin

443, Lot: 145. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24.5mm, 13.94 g, 12h). Dated CY 118 (9/8 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PIH (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 438 (this coin illustrated); RPC Supp. 1 4647A; HGC 10, 357 (unlisted date); DCA 920; Prieur 1399. VF, minor porosity. Very rare date.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXXIII (15 March 1995), lot 399.