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Title
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Sidon Coin
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Description
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Obv: View of the city of Sidon with its five-towered city wall. In the foreground, a galley; below, two antithetical lions facing away from each other.
Rev: The Persian Great King with his right hand raised, behind the charioteer. Below, to the left, is a goat with its head turned backward, running to the left.
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Date Issued
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ca 420-410 BCE
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Format
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Weight: 27.98 g
Diameter: 32 mm
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Medium
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Embossed, Silver?
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Creator
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Sidon (modern Saida, Lebanon)
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Publisher
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Staatliche Museum zu Berlin, Berlin Germany
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Identifier
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18200451
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Contributor
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Hannah Woodall
Embossed Shekel