Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (26mm, 14.27 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5. Dated CY 48 (79/8 BC). Laureate head of Melqart right, lion skin knotted around neck / ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, Eagle standing left on galley prow, club before and date HM in left field; bet between legs, Δ to right. DCA Tyre supplement 2.47, 118. DCA 921. Nicely centered and deeply struck on a round flan of good metal.
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD