CNG 111, Lot: 376. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19.5mm, 6.50 g, 12h). Dated CY 169 (AD 43/4). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 903; RPC I 4701; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. VF, toned, typical compact flan, some porosity, a few marks.