CNG 109, Lot: 356. Estimate $750. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (26mm, 14.24 g, 12h). Dated CY 145 (AD 19/20). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PME (date) above club; KP above monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 517; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. EF, toned, slight die wear on obverse, off center on reverse.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Gemini IX (9 January 2012), lot 166.