Title

AR Double Shekel

Description

Obv: War galley facing left with oars, row of shields along bulwarks; globe-and-crescent standard over square stern; double rudder. Above, untranscribable symbol; below, double zigzag line of waves; cable border.
Rev: King of Persia in car drawn by 4(?) pacing horses; charioteer; king, wearing kidaris, raises right hand; Egyptian figure behind holding in right hand scepter with animal’s head; double exergue line and cable border.

Date Issued

ca 384-370 BCE

Format

Weight: 28.10 grams
Diameter: 26.0 mm

Medium

Silver

Creator

Sidon (modern Saida, Lebanon)

Publisher

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Identifier

8-7801
9-481 (original number)

Source

https://portal.hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/?q=%228-7801%22&search_field=objmusno_s_lower

Provenance

Donated by Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Contributor

Hannah Woodall