375, Lot: 13. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. ‘Ozmilk (Azemilkos). Circa 349-311/0 BC. Fourrée Shekel (20mm, 8.32 g, 11h). Dated RY 4 (346/5 BC). 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; ||||o (date) to right. Cf. E&E-T 917-42 (for prototype); cf. HGC 10, 349 (same); cf. DCA 918 (same). VF, silver plating broken in numerous areas.
From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre.