438, Lot: 238. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (21.5mm, 13.27 g, 12h). Dated CY 177 (AD 51/2). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PO(retrograde Z) (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 663 var. (Z not retrograde); RPC I 4676 var. (same); HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. In NGC encapsulation, 4282172-004, graded Ch VF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 2/5.