443, Lot: 163. Estimate $300. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (23mm, 13.58 g, 12h). Dated CY 173 (AD 47/48). Laureate head of Melkart right, [lion skin around neck] / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POΓ (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; uncertain Phoenician letter between legs. DCA-Tyre 647; RPC Supp. 1 4672A; HGC 10, 357 (unlisted date); DCA 920; Prieur –. VF, a few minor marks, some roughness on reverse.

From the Michel Prieur Collection.