67, Lot: 42. Estimate $200. Sold for $166. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC-65 AD. AR Half-shekel (20mm, 6.49 gm). Dated year 141 (15/16 AD). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; PMA (date) and club to left, Phoenician letter A between legs, KP and monogram to right. Cf. BMC Phoenicia pg. 252, 236 (PM date); cf. RPC I 4688 (same). Toned, VF, minor pitting on obverse. An unpublished date.