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# 269 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$1000
/ Price Realized: US$950
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Phoenicia, Tyre. Half Shekel
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Phoenicia, Tyre. Half Shekel, 7.05gg. (12h). Phoenicia, Tyre, Year 48 = 79/8 BC. Obv: Laureate bust of Heracles (Melqart) right with lionskin knotted around neck. Rx: TYP[OY IEPAÓ - KAI] AÓYËOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, with palm branch behind shoulder and Phoenician letter between his legs; date HM and club in left field; A above reversed Ó in right field. ÂÌC 227 var. Mint State.
Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 132, 14 May 2003, lot 162.
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