239, Lot: 220. Estimate $100. Sold for $76. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Circa 398-358 BC. AR Shekel (19mm, 12.48 g, 5h). Melkart riding hippocamp right, holding reins and bow; line of waves and dolphin below / Owl standing right, crook and flail over shoulder; iPhoenician numeral ‘5’ to right. Elayi & Elayi 688 (O21/R27’); Rouvier -; BMC 16. Fine, toned, porous.