422, Lot: 298. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (22mm, 5.80 g, 1h). Dated CY 43 (84/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΓM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 774 (same rev. die as illustration); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Good VF, edge chipped, rough surfaces.