378, Lot: 235. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (29mm, 13.62 g, 12h). Dated CY 29 (98/7 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, ΘK (date) above club; ΣA to right; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 72; Rouvier 2010; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, toned, some corrosion.