Freeman & Sear - Mail Bid Sale 15

      Lot: 212

      PHOENICIA: Tyre. 90/89 BC. AR tetradrachm or shekel.

      PHOENICIA. Tyre. 90/89 BC. AR tetradrachm or shekel 
      (14.22 gm). Laureate bust of Melqart right, lion skin 
      tied round neck / TYPOY ΙΕΡΑΣ KAI ΑΣΥΛΟΥ,  eagle with 
      closed wings standing left on prow, palm branch under 
      far wing, date ΖΛ (year 37) above club in left field, Δ 
      in right field, Phoenician letter aleph between legs. 
      Cf. BMC Phoenicia, p. 242, 129 (beth between legs). 
      Struck in high relief. Semicircular planchet flaw on 
      obverse. Good very fine 
      Estimated Value: $ 425 

  ... Lot 212 sold for high bid of $625 [ $718.75, or approx 452.8125 EUR, 359.375 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 15, Closed June 27, 2008.
By permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear,com.