Title

Double Siglos Coin of 'Abd 'Ashtart III.

Description

Obv: [Phoenician number symbol no longer readable]. Galley after l.
Rev: The Persian Great King with raised r. hand behind the chariot driver in the chariot to l., behind him on foot another companion (the King of Sidon) with scepter and cult vase. Above l. the Phoenician letters Ajin and Beth.

Date Issued

ca. 342/341 - 332 BCE

Format

Weight: 24.85 g
Diameter: 28 mm

Medium

Silver

Creator

Sidon (modern Saida, Lebanon)

Publisher

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Identifier

18258878

Source

https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/2384874/sidon?

Provenance

Previous owner: Francesco Capranesi (1845)

Contributor

Catherine VanKammen