DCA-Tyre Plate Coin

443, Lot: 165. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25.5mm, 13.90 g, 12h). Dated CY 174 (AD 48/49). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 651 (this coin illustrated); RPC I 4673; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; Prieur 1434. Good VF, double struck on reverse, a little porous.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 609.