CNG 111, Lot: 372. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29.5mm, 14.09 g, 1h). Dated CY 55 (72/1 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond in background; to left, ΕN (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 193; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, lightly toned, a few deposits, off center on obverse. Rare date.