PHOENICIA - Tyre, Circa 440-425 BC. Owl, Hook & Flail

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Uncertain king. Circa 440-425 BC. AR Shekel (22.5mm, 12.74 g, 12h). 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.2.1, 45–6 var. (O5/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 1775 = BMC 1; HGC 10, 314; AUB 1; Bement 1740; Kraay & Hirmer 681; Jameson 1775 = Rosen 756. EF, toned, traces of find patina, slight roughness. Not in the Moneta Museum, from Triton XXII, Lot: 346. Estimate $5000. Ex Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza & Kaplan and Millennia Collections
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