328, Lot: 232. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.44 g, 1h). Dated CY 83 (44/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, ΠΓ (date) above club; monogram to right,
beth between legs. Rouvier 2061 var. (control to right,
aleph between legs); BMC 171 var. (control to right); DCA 919 (R3); HGC 10, 357. VF, weak obverse strike, porosity and scratches on reverse. Rare.