Triton XVIII, Lot: 191. Estimate $250. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Sidon. Uncertain king. Circa 435-425 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (8mm, 0.86 g, 12h). Phoenician galley under sail left; waves below / Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, drawing bow, within incuse square. E&E-S Group II.4 (uncertain dies); Betlyon 5; Rouvier 1079; HGC 10, 217; Sunrise 118 (this coin). VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare.
From the Sunrise Collection.