Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (30mm, 14.26 gm, 1h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5. Dated Civic Year 31 (96/5 BC). Laureate bust of Melqart right / TYPOY IEPAΣ-KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind, to left, ΑΛ (date) above club; ΣA to right, Phoenician alef between legs. DCA Tyre 114. DCA 919.
Ex. B. H. Webb Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 106, 13 September 2017), lot 490; Peter Roell Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 63, 21 May 2003), lot 698.
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Estimate: 1500-2000 USD