422, Lot: 303. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (24.5mm, 6.54 g, 12h). Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, AN (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 790; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Good VF, edge chipped, some roughness on obverse.