New Date for a Half Shekel

337, Lot: 139. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (22mm, 1h). Dated CY 44 (83/2 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, ΔM (date) above club; ΣA to right, bet between legs. DCA-Tyre 484 (this coin); DCA 921 (but date unrecorded); HGC 10, 358 (but date unrecorded). In NGC encapsulation graded Ch VF. Struck off center. Extremely rare and only recently published date.

From Group SGF.