357, Lot: 167. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 393-358 BC. AR Shekel (22mm, 12.47 g, 3h). 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; Phoenician M to right. E&E-T Group II.1.2.1.a, 628 (O9/R14); Rouvier 1791; HGC 10, 316. Near VF, toned, shallow cut and a few light scratches on obverse, tiny punch in field on reverse. Good metal for issue.