175, Lot: 123. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Circa 390-377 BC. Fourré AR Shekel (18mm, 10.82 g, 5h). Melkart riding hippocamp right, holding reins and bow; double line of waves and dolphin below / Owl standing right, crook and flail over left shoulder. For prototype: cf. Betlyon 17; cf. BMC 11. VF, darkly toned, a few spots of copper core showing through the plating.