426, Lot: 254. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I. Circa 365-352 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (9mm, 0.77 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (359/8 BC). Phoenician galley left; I III III (7 in Phoenicia) above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing right, fighting lion standing left on its hind legs; ‘B (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group IV.2.4.; HGC 10, 257 var. (unlisted date); DCA 853. VF, toned.