5074 Auction #24 Lot Number: 61868 Estimate: $300.00 Final Sale Price: $330.00 Denomination: Didrachm or Half Shekel Grade: VF Reference: BMC Phoenicia pg. 252, 240 var. (Yr. 164) Phoenicia, Tyre. Year 163 (37/38 BC). AR Didrachm or Half Shekel (7.12 gm). Laureate bust of Melqart / Eagle standing left on prow; RXG, club and palm left, KP right, Phoenician letter below. BMC Phoenicia pg. 252, 240 var. (Yr. 164). VF, light abrasions or smoothing on obverse. Estimate $300.