Watch List notes:

Phoenicia, Sidon AR Half-Shekel. Time of Baalshallim I - Ba'ana, circa 425-402 BC. City walls with four towers before which a Phoenician galley to left; below, two lions leaping in opposite directions / Persian Great King or hero standing to right, holding dagger and grasping mane of lion held before him; Phoenician 'B' between; all within incuse square. BMC 9-13; Betlyon 16; HGC 10, 235 (R2). 6.90g, 20mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine; test punch to either side. Very Rare.

From a private European collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 46, 5 June 2018, lot 279.