Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 601. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (14.29 g, 12h). Dated CY 48 (79/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, HM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician A between legs. Rouvier 2032 var. (control marks); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 140 var. (Phoenician B between legs). Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Norman Frank Collection.