Rare Tyrian Shekel Date

416, Lot: 280. Estimate $500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25.5mm, 14.15 g, 12h). Dated CY 130 (AD 4/5). Laureate head of Melkart right, wearing lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΛ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 467; RPC I 4652; HGC 10, 358; DCA 919. Good VF, bright surfaces, struck with worn obverse die, reverse off center. Rare date.