Title

Double Siglos Coin of 'Abd 'Ashtart III

Description

Obv: Galley to l. on serrated wavy lines, above the Phoenician number sign for year 1.
Rev: The Persian great king with raised r. hand behind the charioteer in the chariot to l., behind it on foot the companion (King of Sidon) with scepter and cult vase. Above l. the Phoenician letters Ajin and Beth.

Date Issued

ca. 342-341 BCE

Format

Weight: 25.2 g
Diameter: 25-28 mm

Medium

Silver

Creator

Sidon (Modern Saida, Lebanon)

Publisher

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Identifier

18216657

Source

https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/2364419/sidon?

Provenance

Previous owner: Count Anton Prokesch of the East (1875)

Contributor

Catherine VanKammen