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Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 408Auction date: 25 October 2017
Lot number: 260

Lot description:


PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Half Shekel (19mm, 6.14 g, 1h). Dated CY 182 (AD 56/7). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond behind; to left, ΡΠB (date) above club; to right, KP above monogram; [Phoenician letter between legs]. Cf. DCA-Tyre 919; RPC I 4704; HGC 10, 358; DCA 922. VF, toned, rough, cleaning marks, off center on reverse.



Estimate: 150 USD