Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (25mm, 13.33 gm, 1h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 2/5. Dated CY 129 (AD 3/4). 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 PKΘ above club; in right field, uncertain; between legs, Phoenician aleph(?). RPC 4651 (one example cited), DCA 920.3.18 (R3, two specimens cited). Very rare date! Toned, areas of roughness and porosity.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD