230, Lot: 151. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 14.34 g, 12h). Dated CY 31 (96/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm behind; to left, AΛ (date) above club; Phoenician B between legs, monogram to right. Rouvier 2015; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 118. Good VF, some light roughness and minor scratches.

Ex F. Martin Post Collection; Freeman & Sear 13 (25 August 2006), lot 258.