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Long Beach Signature Sale 3057 7-8 Sep 2017
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PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (7.16 gm). NGC XF 2/5 - 3/5, graffiti. Uncertain year after 19 BC. Laureate head of Melqart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, date over club (obliterated by misstrike); to left, KP over monogram; uncertain letter between legs. Cf. HGC 10, 358 (all dates after 19 BC). Probably overstruck over an earlier half-shekel, with obverse struck off-center and reverse partially obscured by remnants of undertype.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 300-400 USD
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (7.16 gm). NGC XF 2/5 - 3/5, graffiti. Uncertain year after 19 BC. Laureate head of Melqart right / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, date over club (obliterated by misstrike); to left, KP over monogram; uncertain letter between legs. Cf. HGC 10, 358 (all dates after 19 BC). Probably overstruck over an earlier half-shekel, with obverse struck off-center and reverse partially obscured by remnants of undertype.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 300-400 USD