PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. AR Dishekel (28.5mm, 28.35 g, 12h). Near VF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 333. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

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PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Ba`alšillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. AR Dishekel (28.5mm, 28.35 g, 12h). Phoenician galley left before city wall with five towers; two lions standing anti-confronted in exergue / King of Persia, wearing kidaris and kandys, raising right hand, and driver, holding reins in both hands, in chariot drawn by two horses galloping left; below, incuse goat running left; all in dotted circle within incuse circle. E&E-S Group III.1.f, 210–3 var. (D8/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 10, 221; Babelon, Perses 1566 = Traité II 889, pl. CXVIII, 5 (same obv. die); Pitchfork 42 (this coin); Rouvier –. Find patina, minor cleaning marks, die break on obverse. Near VF.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Spink, 15 December 1996.


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