Prieur Plate Coin

443, Lot: 160. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 6.98 g, 12h). Dated CY 169 (AD 43/44). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 903; RPC I 4701; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922; Prieur 1471 (this coin illustrated). Fine, toned, some deposits. Very rare date.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.