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PHOENICIA. Tyre. 'Ozmilk (Azemilkos). Ca. 349-310 BC. AR shekel or didrachm (21mm, 8.90 gm, 12h). Reduced ('Attic') standard. Dated RY 12 (338/7 BC). Melqart astride hippocamp right, holding bow in extended left hand and reins in right; below, waves above dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail behind, Phoenician numeral 12 followed by O to right. HGC 10, 349. DCA 918. Elusive in high grade. Minor mineralized deposit on reverse, otherwise exceptional strike, detail and metal quality for this type. NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Ex Sotheby's (London 2 October 1987), lot 755.
Estimate: 1000-1400 USD
PHOENICIA. Tyre. 'Ozmilk (Azemilkos). Ca. 349-310 BC. AR shekel or didrachm (21mm, 8.90 gm, 12h). Reduced ('Attic') standard. Dated RY 12 (338/7 BC). Melqart astride hippocamp right, holding bow in extended left hand and reins in right; below, waves above dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail behind, Phoenician numeral 12 followed by O to right. HGC 10, 349. DCA 918. Elusive in high grade. Minor mineralized deposit on reverse, otherwise exceptional strike, detail and metal quality for this type. NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Ex Sotheby's (London 2 October 1987), lot 755.
Estimate: 1000-1400 USD