345, Lot: 333. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (23mm, 6.98 g, 12h). Dated CY 40 (87/6 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder; to left, LM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA Tyre 479; HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. VF, light scratch on reverse. Rare.

From Group SGF.