Title

Double Shekel Coin of Ba'alshillem I

Description

Obv: Galley on the left in front of a fortified city with five towers; in the exergue, two lions lying back to back.
Rev: Biga (chariot) on the left, carrying the Great King alongside the driver; in the exergue, a reclining goat turning its head, incuse.

Date Issued

ca. 426-301 BCE

Format

Weight: 28.06 g
Diameter:

Medium

Silver

Creator

Sidon (modern Saida, Lebanon)

Publisher

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France

Identifier

ark:/12148/btv1b8536433r

Source

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8536433r

Provenance

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Contributor

Jason Catalano