99, Lot: 43. Estimate $200. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126 BC - 65 AD. AR Tetradrachm / Shekel (30mm, 13.99 gm). Dated year 31=96/5 BC. Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion's skin draped around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm on right wing; AL (date) and club to left, Phoenician "B" between legs, monogram to right. BMC Phoenicia pg. 241, 118-9. VF.