337, Lot: 141. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (24mm, 12h). Dated CY 47/6 (80/79 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, ZM (date, with Z retrograde) above club; monogram to right, aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 487/486; DCA 921; HGC 10, 358. In NGC encapsulation graded Ch VF. Rare overdate.

From Group SGF.