446, Lot: 154. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (20mm, 5.65 g, 1h). Lifetime of Christ issue. Dated CY 146 (AD 20/1). Laureate head of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, PMς (date) above club; to right, KP above Θ above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA-Tyre 862 (same dies as illustration); RPC I 4691; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. Good Fine, toned, rough surfaces. Very rare.