Triton XVIII, Lot: 194. Estimate $15000. Sold for $10500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. AR Half Shekel (18mm, 7.12 g, 12h). Phoenician galley left before city wall with four towers; two lions standing outward in exergue / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing right, fighting lion standing left on its hind legs; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group III.2.n, 345 (D–/R46 [unlisted obv. die]); Betlyon 9; Rouvier 1085; HGC 10, –; Sunrise 121 (this coin). Good VF, toned, a hint of porosity. Rare.

From the Sunrise Collection.

HGC 10, 227 references Betlyon 9, but this is incorrect, as Betlyon 9 is anepigraphic, whereas HGC 10, 227 has an ethnic.