Ex Berry Collection

Triton XVI, Lot: 562. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Shekel (20mm, 13.50 g, 11h). Dolphin right; ŠLŠN (in Phoenician) above, waves and murex shell below / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail over shoulder; all in outline incuse within incuse square. E&E-T Group I.2.1, 72 (O17/R27) = SNG Berry 1434 (this coin); Betlyon 2; Rouvier 1775; HGC 10, 314. Good VF, toned.

From a Continental Collection. Ex Burton Y. Berry Collection (Numismatic Art and Ancient Coins 4, 17 April 1968), lot 278.