CNG 97, Lot: 313. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27mm, 1h). Dated CY 41 (86/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician A between legs. Cf. Rouvier 2027 (half shekel); BMC 134; HGC 10, 358; DCA 919. In NGC encapsulation graded About Uncirculated.

From the Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Heritage (29 May 2008), lot 50058.