CNG 111, Lot: 368. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 425-394 BC. AR Shekel (25.5mm, 12.98 g, 2h). Spread flan type. Deity, holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp right; two lines of waves below, dolphin right in exergue / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background. E&E-T Group II.1.1.1.a, 306 (O32/R35); HGC 10, 315; de Luynes 3216 (same dies). VF, dark find patina, faint scratches on reverse. Struck on a broad flan.