382, Lot: 142. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I. Circa 365-352 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (9.5mm, 0.73 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (357/6 BC). Phoenician galley left; date (9 in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing right, fighting lion standing left on its hind legs; ‘B (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group IV.2.4.2 (unlisted year); Betlyon 26; Rouvier –; HGC 10, 245; DCA 853 (unlisted year). VF, toned, minor roughness, a few light scratches.