Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (27mm, 14.17 gm, 12h). 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; ZB to right, Phoenician A between legs. HGC 10, 357. DCA p. 502. BMC Phoenicia 91. Minor reverse metal delamination, otherwise a sharp Extremely Fine.From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's Coin Galleries (New York, 12 February 1992), lot 255.
Estimate: 800-1100 USD