Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2023 NYINC Auction 13-16 Jan 2023
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SYRIA. Phoenicia. Tyre. AR Shekel (14.30 gms), dated CY 172 (A.D. 46/7). NGC Ch EF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 5/5.
HGC-10, 357. Obverse: Laureate head of Melkart right, with lion skin around neck; Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POB (date) above club; to right, KP above Θ above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. Lightly toned and fairly pleasingly struck, this example yields a clear date and emanates from just over a decade following Christ's crucifixion.
Estimate: $1000 - $1500
HGC-10, 357. Obverse: Laureate head of Melkart right, with lion skin around neck; Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, POB (date) above club; to right, KP above Θ above monogram; Phoenician A between legs. Lightly toned and fairly pleasingly struck, this example yields a clear date and emanates from just over a decade following Christ's crucifixion.
Estimate: $1000 - $1500