327, Lot: 804. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 14.00 g, 12h). Dated CY 96 (31/0 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, Чς (date) above club; monogram to right, beth between legs. Rouvier 2074-5 var. (control to right); BMC 179-80 var. (same); DCA 919; DCA Supp. (forthcoming) 212 (this coin); HGC 10, 357. VF, corrosion on obverse.