Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 442. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (7.15 g, 12h). Dated CY 47 (80/79 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm over right wing; ZM (date) above club to left, monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 2031; BMC 226 var. (monogram); SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, small scuff in hair, hairline flan crack.