327, Lot: 814. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.86 g, 12h). Dated CY 116 (11/10 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PIς (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram;
beth between legs. Rouvier 2089 var. (
aleph between legs); BMC 194 var. (same); DCA 920 (R2); DCA Supp. (forthcoming) 267 (this coin); HGC 10, 357. VF, light porosity and marks, small edge chip. Scarce year.