Title

1/2 Shekel Coin

Description

Obv: War galley to left, sails furled, double line of waves below.
Rev: King stands to right, shooting with bow and arrow.

Date Issued

499 – 400 BCE

Format

Weight: 6.86 g
Diameter: 18mm

Medium

Silver

Creator

Sidon (modern Saida, Lebanon)

Publisher

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Identifier

1975.295

Source

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/262901/12-shekel-of-sidon-with-war-galley?ctx=2b40f091-fb29-47a2-8e91-59ca6e61b7ba&idx=8.

Provenance

By 1975: with Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., 16661 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 518, Encino, California (auction, March 20-21, 1975, Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, lot 216); 1975: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., April 9, 1975

Contributor

Michael Anthony Ross