84, Lot: 56. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm / Shekel (25mm, 14.11 gm). Dated year 170 (44/45 AD). Laureate bust of Melkart right, wearing lion's skin / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; PO (date) and club to left, Phoenician "B" between legs, KP and monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia -; RPC I -; cf. RPC I Suppl. 4701A (Half Shekel). Toned VF. No tetradrachms are recorded for this year.
From the Peter Roell Collection.