430, Lot: 216. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22mm, 12.34 g, 12h). Dated CY 185 (AD 59/60). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΠE (date) above club; [to right, KP above monogram]; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 677 var. (Phoenician letter; same obv. die); HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. VF, rough find patina, compact flan, off center on reverse. Rare date.