CNG 97, Lot: 310. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 14.30 g, 1h). Dated CY 20 (107/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LK (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs. Rouvier 1997 var. (monogram); BMC 91–2 var. (letter between legs); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. EF, darkly toned, reverse a little off center.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.