327, Lot: 799. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.87 g, 12h). Dated CY 86 (41/0 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, Πς (date) above club; monogram and N to right, aleph between legs. Cf. Rouvier 2064 (uncertain Phoenician letter between legs); BMC 173 var. (control to right, beth between legs); DCA 919 (R3); DCA Supp. (forthcoming) 184 (this coin); HGC 10, 357. VF, light deposits. Rare year.