Phoenicia, Sidon AR Half-Shekel. Time of Ba'alšillem I - Ba'ana, circa 425-402 BC. City walls with four towers, before which a Phoenician galley to left; below, two lions leaping in opposite directions / Persian Great King or hero standing to right, holding dagger and grasping mane of lion held before him; all within incuse square. E&E-S Group III, 2; Betlyon 9; HGC 10, -. 6.17g, 18mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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