445, Lot: 866. Estimate $100. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. Electrotype “Double Shekel” (27mm, 18.67 g, 12h). Unsigned British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons. Phoenician galley left before city wall with four towers; two lions standing outward in exergue / Persian king and driver in chariot drawn by two horses. Head, Guide, Period III.A., 56. As made.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from William Koonce, 2 May 1969.