Unpublished Monogram

353, Lot: 201. Estimate $400. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 14.05 g, 1h). Dated CY 89 (38/7 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, ΠΘ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician beth between legs. DCA-Tyre 206–9 var. (monogram); Rouvier 2068 var. (monogram); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919; BMC 176 var. (monogram). Good VF, toned, lamination on obverse. Unpublished with this monogram.