Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 596. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $620. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Circa 377-357 BC. AR 1/4 Shekel (3.10 g, 6h). 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. VF, toned. Very rare denomination.