CNG 111, Lot: 375. Estimate $400. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 6.83 g, 12h). Dated CY 168 (AD 42/3). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞH (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 899; RPC I 4700; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. VF, toned, typical compact flan.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Künker 216 (8 October 2012), lot 518; LHS 100 (24 April 2007), lot 336.