Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 614. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $530. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm ­ Shekel (14.36 gm, 12h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; date above club to left, D to right, bet between legs. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Phoenicia 141 var. (date). Good VF, attractive dark iridescent toning. Struck on a broad flan. ($300)

From the David A. Dowdy Collection. Ex Superior (11-16 December 1972), lot 233.