Triton XVI, Lot: 561. Estimate $3000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Mazday (Mazaios). Circa 353-333 BC. AR Dishekel (27mm, 25.94 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (352/1 BC). Phoenician pentekonter left above five waves; date (in Phoenician) above / Persian king, raising right hand, and driver, holding reins in both hands, in chariot drawn by two horses left; behind, King of Sidon advancing left, holding cultic scepter in right hand; MZDY (in Phoenician) to upper left. E&E-S 1945 (D8/R10); Betlyon 38; Rouvier 1902, pl. IX, 39 (same obv. die); HGC 10, 264; DCA 858. Near EF, lightly toned, Aramaic graffito (N) in field on obverse. Rare.