328, Lot: 233. Estimate $150. Sold for $213. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 13.66 g, 12h). Dated CY 103 (24/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, PΓ (date) above club; monogram to right,
beth between legs. Rouvier –; BMC –; DCA 919 (R2); DCA Supp. (forthcoming) 226 (this coin); HGC 10, 357 (but unlisted year). Near VF, crystallization, redeposited silver on obverse, chipped around edge. Scarce year.