CNG 94, Lot: 755. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Shekel (21mm, 13.54 g, 7h). 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, 52 corr. (O5/R14 – this coin rev. illustrated on pl. 3); Betlyon 2; Rouvier 1775; HGC 10, 314. Good VF, toned. Well centered on good metal.

The obverse die and pedigree listed in E&E-T are erroneous.