CNG 106, Lot: 484. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). temp. ’Urimilk II – Yehawmilk. Circa 460/59-450 BC. AR Third Shekel (13mm, 3.01 g). Sphinx recumbent left / Double lotus flower in dotted circle within incuse square. E&E-B Group I.2, 19 (O1/R1 – this coin); HGC 10, 120 corr. (denomination). VF, toned, light roughness, cleaning marks, a few deposits. Very rare, one of only nine recorded in E&E-B.

From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 606; Goldberg 26 (6 September 2004), lot 2119; Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 573.