443, 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 Half Shekel (20mm, 6.85 g, 1h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 145 (AD 19/20). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PME (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 861; RPC I 4690; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922; Prieur 1460. VF, toned. Very rare date.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.