244, Lot: 223. Estimate $100. Sold for $89. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Time of Baalshallim I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-402 BC. AR 1/2 Shekel (20mm, 6.61 g, 12h). Phoenician pentekonter left before city wall with four towers; in exergue, two lions back to back / King of Persia slaying lion standing before him; all within incuse square. Elayi & Elayi 333 (D28/R37); HGC 10, 227. Near VF, rough surfaces, two flan splits, obverse off-center.