375, Lot: 2. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (13mm, 3.04 g, 6h). Dolphin leaping right above two lines of waves; Phoenician
MH SGR above; shell in exergue / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background; all within incuse outline in incuse square. E&E-T 182-221; HGC 10, 323. VF, some find patina, minor roughness.
From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 246 (15 December 2010), lot 137.