453, Lot: 131. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 12.51 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation(?). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; club to left; to right, KP above illegible monogram. For prototype issue, cf. HGC 10, 357; cf. DCA 920. Toned, porous, some roughness. VF. A high-quality ancient counterfeit.