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NYINC Signature Sale 3053 17-18 January 2017
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PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (29mm, 14.27 gm, 12h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Dated CY 39 (88/7 BC). Bust of Melqart right, wearing laurel wreath and lion's skin around neck / [ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ] ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, ΘΛ (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA pg. 503. RPC I supp. 4654. Rare date! Well struck on a broad flan.
Estimate: 700-900 USD
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (29mm, 14.27 gm, 12h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Dated CY 39 (88/7 BC). Bust of Melqart right, wearing laurel wreath and lion's skin around neck / [ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ] ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over right wing; to left, ΘΛ (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. DCA pg. 503. RPC I supp. 4654. Rare date! Well struck on a broad flan.
Estimate: 700-900 USD