Triton XVIII, Lot: 195. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (8mm, 0.56 g, 11h). Phoenician galley left before city wall with three towers; two lions standing outward in exergue / 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 III.3.a (uncertain dies); Betlyon 10 (‘Abd’ešmun); Rouvier 1093; HGC 10, 230; Sunrise 122 (this coin). Good VF, toned, slight roughness. Rare.

From the Sunrise Collection.