309, Lot: 179. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trajan. AD 98-117. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.88 g, 6h). Dated Cos. 5 and RY 15 (AD 111). Laureate head of Trajan right; below, club and eagle standing right / Laureate bust of Melqart–Hercules right, with lion skin tied around neck. McAlee 460 (Antioch); Prieur 1515. VF, toned, light scratches, surfaces a little granular.

From the JMG Collection.