Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3997 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 31ST MARCH) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
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PHOENICIA, Tyre, uncertain ruler or king, (c.425-394 B.C.), silver shekel (13.55 g), obv. deity holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp to right, two lines of waves below, dolphin to right in exergue, rev. owl standing right, head facing, crook and flail in background, (S.5912, Elayi & Elayi "The Coinage of the Phoenician City of Tyre in the Persian Period" Group II, 1.1.1, Betylon 17, [Pl.5, 3], HGC 10, 315). Lightly toned, flan crack, nearly very fine and rare.
With collector's ticket.
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