403, Lot: 264. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 357-349 BC. AR Shekel (19mm, 8.80 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (356/5[?] 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;
M (in Aramaic) and 2 (date) (in Phoenician) to upper right,
’ (in Aramaic) to lower right. E&E-T Group II.2.1.3, – (unlisted dies); HGC 10, 341; DCA 915. Near VF, slightly off center on obverse.