Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA, Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) II. Circa 342-333 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (9mm, 0.68 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (340/39 BC). Phoenician galley left; ||| (3 in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing right, fighting lion standing left on its hind legs; 'B (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group IV.5.4.b, 1920 var. (D–/R7 [unlisted obv. die]); Betlyon 26 (`Abd`aštart I); Rouvier –; HGC 10, 263; DCA 866; Sunrise 132 (this coin). EF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity, obverse off center. Rare.


From the Sunrise Collection.