Lot 2164

Sale 50 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Phoenicia, Sidon, Ba'lshallim II, (386-372 B.C.), silver double shekel, (27.45 grams), obv. war galley travelling to left, propelled by row of oars, standard at stern, two lines of zig-zag waves, below, above Phoenician letter 9, rev. Persian king and beadrded deity in horse drawn car, the king of Sidon walks behind, (S.3934, BMC 17 [p.143], Betlyon 18 [p.9]). Very fine and rare.