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Triton XVII, Lot: 385. Estimate $750.
Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (30mm, 14.20 g, 1h). Dated CY 53 (74/3 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, ΓN (date) above club; A to right, Phoenician B between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. Rouvier 2040 var. (control marks); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919; BMC 144 var. (control marks). Good VF, toned, a couple die breaks on obverse. Struck on a broad flan.