CNG 93, Lot: 522. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 425-394 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (14mm, 2.97 g, 2h). Deity (Melkart?), holding arrow and bow, riding winged hippocamp right over waves; below, dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail over shoulder; all in incuse circle. E&E-T Group II.1.1.2, 412–3 var. (O4/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Betlyon –; Rouvier –; HGC 10, 324. VF, toned, rough surfaces, area of weak strike on obverse, scratches on reverse. Rare denomination.