443, Lot: 159. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (25mm, 13.75 g, 1h). Dated CY 168 (AD 42/43). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PΞH (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 620; RPC I –; HGC 10, 357 (unlisted date); DCA 920; Prieur –; CNG 61, lot 860. VF, lightly toned, a few minor marks on obverse. Rare date.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.