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Title
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Double Shekel Coin
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Description
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Obv: A dolphin moving to the right over three wavy lines, three Phoenician letters above it (Shin, Lamedh und Shin?). A purple snail in the exergue.
Rev: An owl stands facing right, behind are a hook and flail.
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Date Issued
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ca. 435- 425 BCE
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Format
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Weight: 13.13 g
Diameter: 23 mm
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Medium
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Silver
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Creator
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Tyre (modern Sur, Lebanon)
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Publisher
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Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Identifier
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18256961
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Provenance
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Previous owner: Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (1900)
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Contributor
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Jennifer Larsen
