Triton XIX, Lot: 297. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (30mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Dated CY 35 (92/1 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, EΛ (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 85; Rouvier 2021 var. (right field control); HGC 10, 358; DCA 919; BMC 126–7. Superb EF, old cabinet tone with slight iridescence.