422, Lot: 300. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (25mm, 6.40 g, 12h). Dated CY 48 (79/8 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, HM (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 784 (same rev. die as illustration); HGC 10, 358; DCA 921. Near VF, rough surfaces.