Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (24mm, 14.29 gm, 12h). Dated CY 161 (AD 35/6). Laureate bust of Melqart right, lion's skin tied at neck / ΤYPΟY ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣYΛΟY, eagle standing left on prow, palm over far wing; in left field, date PΞA above club; in right field, uncertain; between legs, Phoenician aleph. RPC 4694. Rouvier 2108. Toned. DCA Tyre supplement 383. Nicely centered obverse. NGC Choice VF★ 5/5 - 4/5.From the Richard Woit Collection
Estimate: 500-700 USD