Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA, Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I. Circa 365-352 BC. AR Double Shekel (25mm, 25.64 g, 12h). Phoenician galley left; waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot left; behind, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic scepter and votive vase, walking left; 'B (in Phoenician) above. E&E-S Group IV.2.1.o, 1364 (D43/R31 – this coin); Rouvier –; Betlyon 23; HGC 10, 242 var. (date on obv.). Good VF, toned, light scuff on obverse, softly struck on reverse.


Ex Superior (14 October 1971), lot 433.