CNG 88, Lot: 507. Estimate $300. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (13mm, 3.41 g, 9h). Dolphin right, murex shell on its body; Phoenician MḤṢ GR above, waves below / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail over shoulder; all in outline incuse within incuse square. E&E-T Group I.2.2, - (O6/R4 [unlisted die combination]); Betlyon 4 corr. (denomination); Rouvier 1776; SNG Copenhagen -; HGC 10, 323. Good VF, light porosity. Very rare.