408, Lot: 251. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 393-358 BC. AR Shekel (18.5mm, 12.93 g, 8h). Dated RY 5 (389/8 BC [?]). Deity, holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background; ||||| (date [in Phoenician]) to right. E&E-T Group II.1.2.1.j, 688–90 var. (unlisted dies); HGC 10, 319; DCA 909. VF, find patina, typical compact flan. Very rare with year 5, only three examples recorded by E&E-T.

Ex Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 256; Asher Keshet Collection.