Illustrated in DCA-Tyre

CNG 111, Lot: 374. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20mm, 7.13 g, 1h). Dated CY 163 (AD 37/8). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above BA; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 888 (this coin illustrated); RPC I Supp. 4695A; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. Good VF, toned, typical compact flan.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Künker 216 (8 October 2012), lot 516; LHS 100 (24 April 2007), lot 334.