DCA-Tyre Plate Coin

443, Lot: 149. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (18.5mm, 6.33 g, 1h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 137 (AD 11/12). Laureate head 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 B between legs. DCA-Tyre 841 (this coin illustrated); RPC Supp. 1 4687E; HGC 10, 358 (unlisted date); DCA 922; Prieur –. VF, toned. Rare date.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Künker 216 (8 October 2012), lot 514; LHS 100 (23 April 2007), lot 331.