443, Lot: 162. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24.5mm, 13.75 g, 1h). Dated CY 170 (AD 44/45). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PO (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 633; RPC I 4670; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; Prieur 1431. VF, toned, some shallow scratches under tone.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.