Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 965. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (6.76 g, 12h). Dated CY 162 (AD 36/7). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; to left, RXB (date) above club; b between legs; to right, KP above XX. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; RPC I 4695. VF, toned, a few light marks, patches of find patina. Rare.