443, Lot: 164. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 7.11 g, 12h). Dated CY 173 (AD 47/8). 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; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 915 (same dies as illustration); RPC Supp. 1 4702A; HGC 10, 358 (unlisted date); DCA 922; Prieur –. VF, toned. Rare date.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Künker 216 (8 October 2012), lot 520; LHS 100 (23 April 2007), lot 339.