DCA-Tyre Plate Coin

443, Lot: 158. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (22.5mm, 13.98 g, 1h). Dated CY 165 (AD 39/40). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞE (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 612 (this coin illustrated); RPC I 4669; HGC 10, 357; DCA 920; Prieur 1429. VF, toned, a few shallow scratches on obverse.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Jean-Pierre Righetti Collection (Part 8, Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 20, 10 October 2006), lot 879.