316, Lot: 203. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Baalshillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (7mm, 0.31 g, 7h). Galley left before crenellated city wall; in exergue, [recumbent lion to left] / Persian king or hero standing right, shooting bow; incuse head of Bes to left, ]incuse head of goat to right]; all within incuse square. E&E-S 362-449; HGC 10, 230. Near VF, deposits and light porosity.

From the Simon Shipp Collection.