CNG 100, Lot: 1575. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) II. Circa 401-365 BC. AR Double Shekel (26mm, 28.07 g, 11h). Phoenician galley left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot left; behind, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic scepter and votive vase, walking left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1.a, 602–13 var. (D33/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 1096; Betlyon 18; HGC 10, 236. Good VF, deep iridescent tone. Well struck and excellent metal.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from Maison Platt, 1980s.