Title

Shekel of Byblos coin

Description

Obv: Galley l. (eye shaped hawse hole, prow terminating in lion's head) containing three hoplites with crested helmets and round shields, below zigzag line of waves and hippocamp l., below hippocamp murex, border of dots.
Rev.: Lion l., bringing down bull.

Date Issued

ca. 350 B.C

Format

Weight: 13.02 g
Diameter: 4

Medium

Silver

Creator

Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Byblos (modern Jbeil, Lebanon)

Publisher

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation

Identifier

1.1965.2662

Source

https://hvrd.art/o/148659

Provenance

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation

Contributor

Billy Smith