76, Lot: 18. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC-65 AD. AR Didrachm / Half Shekel (19mm, 7.02 gm). Dated year 1... Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; R[?]A or D (date) above club to left, Phoenician letter between legs, K R over monogram to right. Cf. RPC I 4690 (year 145 [19/20 AD]); cf. BMC Phoenicia pg. 252, 235 (year 125 [12/11 BC]). TonedVF.

From the T. R. McIntosh Collection.

The K R monogram in the reverse right field became a common attribute after 12 BC, and the cruder style suggests the end of the series, but the absence of of a clearer date makes a more certain attribution impossible.