Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 481. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Uncertain king. Circa 401-333 BC. Æ 1/4 Shekel (2.59 g, 6h). Dated RY 3. Phoenician pentekonter left on waves; figure at prow, standard at stern; date above / Persian king in kneeling/running stance right, holding bow and spear. Elayi & Elayi group IV.7.7.c, 2466 var. (D5/R- [unlisted rev. die]); Betlyon 31; Rouvier 1112; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, black patina, minor roughness. Exceptional for issue.