From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008. Lot # 227 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$750 / Price Realized: US$900 PHOENICIA. Tyre. Silver tetradrachm PHOENICIA. Tyre. 77/6 BC. Silver tetradrachm (14.21 gm). Laureate bust of Melqart right / TVPOV ÉÅÑÁÓ—KAI ÁÓVËÏV, eagle with closed wings standing left on prow, palm branch under far wing, date LN (year 50) above club in left field, ÄÉ monogram in right field, Phoenician letter beth between legs. Cf. BMC Phoenicia 142. Broad flan. Mint state. © 2005-2008 Gemini, LLC | Email: info@geminiauction.com ... Lot 227 sold for high bid of $900 [ $1035, or approx 714.15 EUR, 527.85 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] Gemini Auctions' results, text and images are re-used by the kind permission of: Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com)