A Selection of Tyrian Shekels

327, Lot: 797. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (30mm, 13.81 g, 1h). Dated CY 78 (49/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, OH (date) above club; monogram to right, aleph(?) between legs. Rouvier –; BMC –; DCA 919 (R3); HGC 10, 357 (but unlisted year). VF, roughness and crystallization, chipping around edge. Rare year.