CNG 94, Lot: 756. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (12mm, 3.28 g, 1h). Dolphin right; MḤṢ GR (in Phoenician) above, waves and murex shell below / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail over shoulder; all in outline incuse within incuse square. E&E-T Group I.2.2, 204 var. (O14/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Betlyon 4 corr. (denomination); Rouvier 1776; HGC 10, 323. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.