443, Lot: 156. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 14.31 g, 1h). Dated CY 161 (AD 35/36). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞA (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 592; RPC I 4665; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; Prieur 1425. VF, darkly toned, flan flaw on reverse.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.