CNG 87, Lot: 664. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 14.08 g, 1h). Dated CY 172 (AD 46/7). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POB (date) above club; to right, KP above E(PH); Phoenician B between legs. Cf. Rouvier 2117; cf. BMC 208; HGC 10, 357; RPC 4672. Good VF.