CNG 108, Lot: 369. Estimate $500. Sold for $1205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (24mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Barbarous imitation of an issue of the CY 170s. Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck(?)] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, IOV (“date”) above [club(?)]; to right, KP above Δ; uncertain control mark between legs. For prototype: cf. HGC 10, 357; cf. DCA 920. VF, toned, deposits.