GS84172. Silver 1/16 Shekel, Elayi-Elayi Tyre 1577 - 1578 corr. (hippocamp right in error); Betlyon 20; Rouvier 1819; BMC Phoenicia p. 233, 43; HGC 10 333 (R2); SNG Cop -, VF, well centered on a tight flan, toned, tiny edge split, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 0.358g, maximum diameter 7.9mm, die axis 270
o, c. 393 - 333 B.C.; obverse hippocamp left, curled wing, two lines of waves below, dot border; reverse owl standing left, head facing, transverse crook and flail held with far wing (Egyptian symbols of royalty), dot border;
rare;
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