426, Lot: 260. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (21mm, 5.90 g, 12h). Dated CY 38 (89/8 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, HΛ (date) above club; monogram to right; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 764; HGC 10, 357. VF, toned, areas of roughness.