443, Lot: 150. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25.5mm, 13.57 g, 12h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 144 (AD 18/19). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PMΔ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 511; RPC I 4657; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; Prieur 1417. Fine, toned, shallow graffiti on obverse, reverse struck slightly off center, edge nick.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex A.K. Collection (Triton XIV, 4 January 2011), lot 558, B044.