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NYINC Signature Sale 3038 13-14 January 2015
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PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (7.05 gm). Dated CY 41 (86/5 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, AM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. HGC 10, 358. Cf. BMC 134 (shekel). Deeply struck and lightly toned. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Estimate: 800-1100 USD
PHOENICIA. Tyre. Ca. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR half-shekel (7.05 gm). Dated CY 41 (86/5 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, AM (date) above club; Δ to right, Phoenician B between legs. HGC 10, 358. Cf. BMC 134 (shekel). Deeply struck and lightly toned. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Estimate: 800-1100 USD