445, Lot: 220. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) II. Circa 401-365 BC. AR Dishekel (29.5mm, 27.48 g, 12h). Phoenician galley left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot left; behind, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic scepter and votive vase, walking left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1.a; HGC 10, 236. VF, toned, some roughness and surface granularity.

From a European collection formed prior to the First World War.