CNG 93, Lot: 521. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Shekel (20mm, 12.58 g, 2h). Dolphin right; ŠLŠN (in Phoenician) above, waves and murex shell below / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail over shoulder; all in outline incuse within incuse square. E&E-T Group I.2.1, 49 (O6/R12); Betlyon 2; Rouvier 1775; HGC 10, 314; Traité II 918 = Babelon, Perses 1980 (same dies). Near VF, lightly toned, porous. Rare.