Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 67/8. AR shekel (28mm, 14.20 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5. Dated CY 20 (107/6 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, LK (date) above club; KPA monogram to right, Phoenician bet between legs. HGC 10, 357. DCA Tyre supplement 2.20, 58. BMC Phoenicia 91. Deep gray "find patina" still intact, with a few mineralized deposits, otherwise clear and sharp.
From the Jamestown Collection
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD