CNG 99, Lot: 354. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (18mm, 3.28 g, 2h). 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.2.2, 204 (O14/R?); Rouvier 1776; HGC 10, 323. Good VF, lightly toned. Exceptional metal for issue. Rare.