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Long Beach Signature Sale 3057 7-8 Sep 2017
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PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (14.22 gm). NGC VF 4/5 - 4/5. Dated CY 179 (AD 53/4). Bust of Melqart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion-skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over wing; to left, POΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above EPh monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA Tyre supplement 431. HGC 10, 357. RPC 4657. Extremely rare date, with only three other examples recorded! Dark toning.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (14.22 gm). NGC VF 4/5 - 4/5. Dated CY 179 (AD 53/4). Bust of Melqart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion-skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow, palm frond over wing; to left, POΘ (date) above club; to right, KP above EPh monogram; Phoenician A between legs. DCA Tyre supplement 431. HGC 10, 357. RPC 4657. Extremely rare date, with only three other examples recorded! Dark toning.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 500-700 USD