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DCA-Tyre Plate Coin

CNG 108, Lot: 368. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24.5mm, 14.41 g, 1h). Dated CY 163 (AD 37/8). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 605 (this coin illustrated); Rouvier –; RPC I 4667; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. Good VF, toned. Exceptional style and quality for such a late issue.


Ex CGB Live Auction (13 June 2017), lot 432117.