Phoenicia. Sidon. Uncertain king circa 450-400 BC.
1/16 Shekel AR
6mm., 0,75g.
Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing right, fighting lion standing right, head left, on its hind legs, all within incuse square / Phoenician galley sailing, waves below.
very fine
Cf. HGC 10, 240 [Ba`alšillem (Sakton) II]; cf. HGC 10, 257 ['Abd`aštart (Straton) I].