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hieron


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AR Sidon, Phoenicia 1/8 Shekel 384-370 B.C.(0.8g)under King Bodashtart
O: War galley l., waves below; g above; c.f. BMC 65
R: King slaying standing lion in shallow incuse, O between
G: nice dark even toning; EF
S: Tom Cederlind, Portland, Oregon 1/27/95
· Date: May 19, 2007 · Views: 502 ·
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AlexB
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May 19, 2007 9:59pm Rating: 10 

Really good, especially for a small coin
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hieron
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May 19, 2007 10:01pm

I'm always afraid I will drop it and never be able to see it on the floor.
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May 21, 2007 8:22pm

I have something similar from Samaria...never take it out of coin box
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March 11, 2008 2:06am

A more recent attribution than the BMC of these coins is Betlyon who has them as
1/16 sheqels with the letter bet above the galley for Ba'lshallim II but with the letter 'ayin between the King and Lion which stands for the successor king 'Abd'ashtart I 372-362/1 B.C.E.

These coins would then be hybrids of the two reigns and struck early in the latter.

Alan S. DeShazo

ref: The Coinage and Mints of Phoenicia The Pre-Alexander Period, John Wilson Betlyon,
Harvard Semitic Monographs 26, Scholars Press, Chico, California, 1982
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hieron
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March 11, 2008 6:43am

Thanks for the information and reference. Is the O between the king and lion the letter 'ayin you mention?

Glenn Woods has one of these for sale with the 1/16th shekel and Betylon references. Here's the URL: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/glennw...idProduct=6270

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April 7, 2008 3:19am

Sorry for the delay in answering. The O is the letter 'ayin.

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