374, Lot: 303. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 6.54 g, 12h). Dated CY 165 (AD 39/40). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΡΞΕ (date) above club; to right, KP above [monogram]; [Phoenician letter] between legs. DCA-Tyre 555; RPC I 4697; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. VF, toned, light scratches, compact flan.