Details
LOT 2672
Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel. Dated RY 12(?) (354/3 BC).
`Abd`aštart (Straton) I. Phoenician galley to left; [date] above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger and standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letters Bet and Ayin between; all within incuse square. Cf. E&E-S Group IV.2.4.f; cf. DCA 853; HGC 10, 245. Near Very Fine.(0.54gr, 9mm, 8h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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