Ancients
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR shekel (29mm, 14.35 gm, 12h). Dated CY 32 (95/4 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, BΛ (date) above club; monogram to right, Phoenician A between legs. HGC 10, 357. DCA p. 503. BMC Phoenicia 120. Well struck on an exceptionally broad flan and attractively toned. Choice Extremely Fine. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's Coin Galleries (New York, 23 May 1990), lot 97.
Estimate: 800-1100 USD