CNG 87, Lot: 652. Estimate $300. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Uncertain king. Circa 400-380 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.57 g, 12h). Half-length bust of marine deity facing, head right, holding fish in both hands / Prow of galley right in pelleted square within incuse square. Betlyon 8 var. (dolphin below prow); Rouvier 41 var. (same); HGC 10, 45 var. (same). Good VF, find patina, light cleaning marks. Unpublished variety.