CNG 111, Lot: 366. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. 107/6 BC-AD 43/4. AR Shekel – Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.28 g, 12h). Dated CY 81 (31/0 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche right / Eagle standing left on ram of galley left; palm frond in background; L AΠ (date) across upper field, monogram to right. Levy p. 330, Aa; RPC I 4555; HGC 10, 277; Prieur 1346 (this coin); CCE 78 (August 1994), lot 52 (same dies). Good VF, find patina, a few scratches, slightly off center on obverse. Very rare.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.