Phoenicia, Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I. Circa 365-352 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (0.46g, 9mm). Dated RY 12 (354/3 BC). Meshorer & Qedar, Coinage 225

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Phoenicia, Sidon. `Abd`aštart (Straton) I. Circa 365-352 BC. AR Sixteenth Shekel (0.46g, 9mm). Dated RY 12 (354/3 BC). Obv.: Phoenician galley left; || – (12 in Phoenician) above, waves below. Rev.: Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing right, fighting lion standing left on its hind legs; ‘B (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square. Meshorer & Qedar, Coinage 225; Betlyon 26; DCA 853; Sunrise 129. Toned VF.