Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 434. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Circa 377-357 BC. AR 1/4 Shekel (3.23 g, 11h). Deity riding hippocamp right, holding bow in extended right hand; waves below; below waves, dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background. Cf. Betlyon 18 (shekel); Rouvier 1789; SNG Copenhagen 302 and 304; BMC -. Good VF, toned. Overstruck on uncertain type. Very rare denomination.