Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 680. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $355. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Didrachm / Half-Shekel (6.92 gm). Dated year 123 (4/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; RKG (date) and club to left, Phoenician "A" between legs, KP and monogram to right. Cf. BMC Phoenicia pg. 248, 195 (shekel); RPC I -; RPC I Suppl. -. Toned VF. ($500)