Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 610. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (13.55 g, 1h). Dated CY 175 (AD 49/50). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, POE (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier -; RPC -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 210 var. (a between legs). VF, slight porosity. Very rare date.