Triton XVIII, Lot: 209. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 357-349 BC. AR Shekel (24mm, 8.56 g, 12h). Reduced (‘Attic’) standard. Dated year 1 of an uncertain era (circa 357 BC). Melkart, holding bow in extended left hand and reins in right, riding hippocamp right; below, waves above dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail diagonally in background; to right, B1 (= “in the year 1” in Phoenician) above M (in Phoenician). E&E-T Group II.2.1.1, 799 (O1/R3); Betlyon 30; Rouvier 1799; HGC 10, 340; Sunrise 135 (this coin). Good VF, toned, small scuff on reverse. Very rare.

From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from Phil Jones.