Unlisted Monogram

426, Lot: 263. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. Fourrée Shekel (29mm, 11.52 g, 12h). Dated CY 78 (49/8 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, OH (date) above club; CY monogram to right; Phoenician B between legs. Cf. DCA-Tyre 255-7; cf. HGC 10, 357 (for similar official issues). VF, toned, roughness, some breaks in plating.

This monogram is not listed for any official issues in DCA-Tyre.