375, Lot: 8. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 393-358 BC. AR Shekel (19mm, 12.65 g, 5h). Deity, holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background; Phoenician
M to right. E&E-T 613-651; HGC 10, 316. Near VF, find patina, flan crack on the obverse, flan flaw on the reverse.
From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 239 (25 August 2010), lot 219.