Exceptional Early Byblos Fraction

CNG 85, Lot: 503. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Byblos. Circa 410-375 BC. AR 1/16 Shekel (10mm, 0.77 g, 5h). Hoplites on galley left; below, hippocamp left above murex / Vulture standing left on incuse ram recumbent left, with head right. Betlyon 7; Rouvier 632; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 1. EF. Excellent metal. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.