Watch List notes:

Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Circa 450-400 BC. Dolphin leaping to right over triple line of waves, murex below; ŠLŠN (one thirtieth [of a mina]) in Phoenician script above / Owl of Egyptian type standing to right, crowned with crescent, carrying crook and flail; all within incuse outline. BMC 227, 1 and pl. XXVIII, 9; Traité, pl. CXXII, 1; Kraay-Hirmer 681; Kraay, ACGC 1048; Rouvier 1775. 11.97g, 22mm, 8h.

Good Very Fine. Very Rare.

Sold with export licence issued by The Israel Antiquities Authority.

This is one of the very earliest coins to bear an inscription that explicitly states its value.