PHOENICIA, Sidon, king Baalshallim I, (425-401 B.C.), silver dishekel, (28.37 g), obv. Phoenician pentekonter in sale to left before city wall with five towers, two lions in exergue, rev. King of Persia and driver in chariot drawn by two galloping horses left, below, incuse goat running left, all within dotted circle within incuse circle, (S.-, Betlyon 7, cf.BMC 4-8, cf.SNG Copenhagen 191). Uneven flan with some surface roughness, very fine and very rare.
Ex CNG Auction 90, (lot 702) with ticket.