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Electronic Auction 365  16 December 2015
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Lot 209

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 900 USD
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.93 g, 12h). Dated CY 53 (74/3 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, wearing lion's skin around his neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΓΝ (date) above club; Z to right, Phoenician aleph between legs. DCA-Tyre 130 var. (letter between legs); Rouvier 2040 var. (letter to right and between legs); BMC 144; DCA 919; HGC 10, 357. Near VF, toned, light deposits and porosity. Well centered obverse showing Melkart's complete bust.

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