Triton XVIII, Lot: 204. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I. Circa 365-352 BC. AR Thirty-second Shekel (6mm, 0.35 g, 12h). Phoenician galley left; wave below / Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group IV.2.5.i (uncertain dies); Betlyon 28; Rouvier –; HGC 10, 246 corr. (some issues have no date); Sunrise 131 (this coin). VF, light porosity. Very rare without date.
From the Sunrise Collection.