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Triton XXIII  14-15 Jan 2020
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Lot 480

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 2250 USD
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28.5mm, 14.25 g, 12h). Dated CY 4 (123/2 BC). Bust of Melkart right, wearing laurel wreath, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, LΔ (date) above club; MY monogram and Phoenician A between legs; TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY around. DCA-Tyre 9 (same obv. die as illustration); Rouvier 1957 var. (letter between legs); HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Lightly toned, obverse slightly off center and with die break. EF.

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