369, Lot: 237. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 393-358 BC. AR Shekel (18mm, 12.35 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
mem to right. E&E-T Group II.1.2.1.a; HGC 10, 316. Fine, bright surfaces, some roughness.