150, Lot: 164. Estimate $300. Sold for $251. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Tyre. ‘Uzzimilk. Circa 347-332 BC. AR Half-Shekel (20mm, 7.71 g). Dated year 15 (336/335 BC). Melkart riding hippocamp right, holding reins in right hand, bow in left; double line of waves and a dolphin below / Owl standing right, crook and flail over left shoulder; date in right field. Betlyon p. 58, 37, pl. 6, 3; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Phoenicia, pg. 232, 40 corr. VF, areas of dark toning and some encrustation, a few chips on edge.
From the Richard Winokur Collection.