83, Lot: 50. Estimate $400. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC-65 AD. AR Tetradrachm / Shekel (28mm, 14.37 gm). Dated year 28 (99/8 BC). Laureate bust of Herakles-Melkart right, wearing lion's skin / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing;
HK (date) above club to left, Phoenician "B" between legs, monogram to right. Cf. BMC Phoenicia pg. 240, 114 (date). Good VF, obverse slightly off center.