384, Lot: 320. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20mm, 6.60 g, 12h). Dated CY 168 (AD 42/3). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞH (date) above club; to right, KP above B above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 559; RPC I 4700; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. VF, dark find patina. Rare.
From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 270 (14 December 2011), lot 125.