PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. AR Dishekel (27mm, 27.16 g, 11h). Phoenician galley left before city wall with five towers; [M (in Phoenician) above], two lions standing outward in exergue / King of Persia and driver in chariot drawn by two horses galloping left; M (in Phoenician) above; below, incuse goat running left; all within dotted circle within incuse circle. E&E-S Group III.1.v, 256–60; Betlyon 15 (Ba’na’); Rouvier 1091; HGC 10, 232 (Ba’na’). Old collection tone. VF. A very well struck reverse with excellent detail for the series.
Ex Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.
