438, Lot: 230. Estimate $400. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (27.5mm, 14.05 g, 1h). 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; monogram to right; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 256 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 10, 357. VF, toned, struck from worn dies, a few flan flaws, minor scrape on obverse, off center on reverse.