CNG 112, Lot: 334. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 357-349 BC. AR Shekel (21mm, 8.74 g, 12h). Attic standard. Dated RY 3 (355/4[?] BC). Deity, holding reins and arched bow, riding hippocamp right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background; M and 3 (date), in Phoenician, in right field. E&E-T Group II.2.1.4, 838 (O16/R19); HGC 10, 341; DCA 915. Lightly toned. In NGC encapsulation, 4529603-008, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Well centered and struck for issue.