Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 556. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm ­ Shekel (14.38 gm, 12h). Dated CY 38 (89/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / TUROU IERAS KAI ASULOU, eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; to left, HL above club; Phoenician "A" between legs, D to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 242, 130; RPC I 4654. EF, some minor encrustation on reverse. ($500)