Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 606. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $530. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos. Circa 450-410 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (3.01 gm). Sphinx seated left, wearing double crown of Egypt / Lightning bolt of Baal Hadad (or double lotus) in dotted circle within incuse square. Betlyon 2; cf. SNG Copenhagen Supp. 1207 corr. (eighth shekel). VF, toned, light roughness. Very rare. ($750)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 573.