Triton XVIII, Lot: 202. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I. Circa 365-352 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (9mm, 0.78 g, 11h). Dated RY 12 (354/3 BC). Phoenician galley left; || – (12 in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing right, fighting lion standing left on its hind legs; ‘B (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group IV.2.4.2.f, 1410 (O?/R15) = Meshorer & Qedar, Coinage 225 (same dies); Betlyon 26; Rouvier –; HGC 10, 245; DCA 853; Sunrise 129 (this coin). Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck. Rare.

From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind, 2005.