Triton XXI, Lot: 523. Estimate $750. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24.5mm, 14.31 g, 12h). Dated CY 144 (AD 18/9). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PMΔ (date) above club; KP above monogram to right, Phoenician B between legs; TVPOV IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV around. DCA-Tyre 510 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. EF, toned, slightly compact flan. Well centered.