CNG 90, Lot: 703. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Baalshillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (9mm, 0.88 g, 12h). Phoenician pentekonter left before city wall with three towers; lions in exergue / King of Persia standing right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder; behind, incuse head of satyr left; before, incuse head of goat right. E&E-S 362-448; Betlyon 10; Rouvier 1093; HGC 10, 230. Good VF, toned. Rare.