125, Lot: 112. Estimate $300. Sold for $247. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC-65 AD. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.40 g). Dated CY 72 (55/4 AD). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; OB and club to left, Phoenician letter between legs, monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 245, 163 var. (letter in place of monogram). Good VF, toned, obverse die break.

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.