348, Lot: 364. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 393-358 BC. AR Shekel (19mm, 12.25 g, 6h). Dated year 4 of an uncertain era (circa 390/89 or 385/4 BC?). Melkart, holding bow and reins, riding hippocamp right; below, waves above [dolphin right] / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail diagonally in background; |||| (4 in Phoenician) to right. E&E-T Group II.1.2.1.i, – (unlisted dies); HGC 10, 319; DCA 909. Fine, toned, usual compact flan, some porosity. Rare.