324, Lot: 202. Estimate $250. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.66 g, 12h). Dated CY 107 (20/19 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PZ (date) above club; HΣ to right,
aleph between legs. Rouvier 2078 var. (control to right of eagle,
beth between legs); BMC 183 var. (control to right of eagle); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, light marks, peripheral roughness on reverse.