439, Lot: 144. Estimate $200. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 14.29 g, 11h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 158 (AD 32/3). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PNH (date) above club; to right, KP above [monogram]; no Phoenician letter between legs. Cf. DCA-Tyre 571–4 (same obv. die as illustration); RPC –; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920. In NGC encapsulation, 4282171-002, graded XF, Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5.