313, Lot: 91. Estimate $400. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.85 g, 1h). Dated CY 83 (44/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm branch over shoulder; to left, ΠΓ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician
B between legs. RPC I 4622; BMC 171 var. (right field control); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. VF, soft obverse strike, flan flaw in obverse field, minor porosity.