Triton XVIII, Lot: 190. Estimate $20000. Sold for $40000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Uncertain king. Circa 435-425 BC. AR Half Shekel (17mm, 7.10 g, 12h). Phoenician galley under sail left; waves below / Persian king or hero standing right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder; behind, incuse head (of Bes?) left; before, incuse head of goat right; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group II.2, 75 var. (D-/R23 [unlisted obv. die]); Betlyon 4; Rouvier 1078; HGC 10, 213 corr. (Betlyon ref.); Sunrise 117 (this coin). EF, darkly toned. Exceptional for issue.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 402.