Title

1/16 Shekel Coin of Ba'alshillem II

Description

Obv: Galley on the left, on two waterlines; in the upper field, "-3 b" (30 - Phoenician character).
Rev: The Great King on the right, dressed in the kandys, wearing a crenellated crown and holding a lion by the mane in his left hand facing him and holding a knife in his right hand; in the central field, " ° " (Phoenician characters).

Date Issued

ca. 400-366 BCE

Format

Weight: 0.68 g
Diameter:

Medium

Silver

Creator

Sidon (modern Saida, Lebanon)

Publisher

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France

Identifier

ark:/12148/btv1b8536507m

Source

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8536507m

Provenance

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Contributor

Jason Catalano