Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 704. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm ­ Shekel (13.98 gm). Dated year 159 (33/4 AD). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; RNQ and club to left, Phoenician "A" between legs, KP and monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia, pg. 249, 204 var. (monogram); RPC I 4663. Lightly toned VF, small flan flaw before nose. ($1500)

According to the traditional chronology, this coin was struck in the year of Jesus' crucifixion.