249, Lot: 191. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. ‘Ozmilk (Azemilkos). Circa 349-311/0 BC. Fourrée 1/2 Shekel (20mm, 6.88 g, 11h). Dated RY 10 (340/39 BC). Melkart, holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp right over double line of waves; below, dolphin right / Owl standing right, crook and flail over left shoulder; date to right. Cf. Elayi & Elayi 1137-99; cf. Betlyon 37; cf. HGC 10, 349. Good VF, some core exposed.