297, Lot: 89. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20mm, 6.55 g, 12h). Dated CY 115 (12/11 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm branch over shoulder; to left, PIE (date) above club; to right, KP above BN; Phoenician A between legs. RPC I 4686; BMC –; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. Good VF, roughness and deposits. Rare.