327, Lot: 801. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.66 g, 12h). Dated CY 88 (39/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, ΠH (date) above club; monogram and N to right, aleph between legs. Rouvier 2067 var. (control to right, beth between legs); BMC –; DCA 919 (R2); HGC 10, 357. VF, some crystallization, rough in areas, edge chipped. Scarce year.