443, Lot: 166. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22mm, 13.15 g, 12h). Dated CY 183 (AD 57/58). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΠΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 673; RPC I –; HGC 10, 357 (unlisted date); DCA 920; Prieur –. Near VF, toned, a little porous. Very rare date.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.