SIDON BA’ALSILLEM II SILVER 1/16 SHEKEL – EX OLGA KNOEPKE COLLECTION AND PUBLISHED IN ELAYI & ELAYI AS PLATE COIN – XF GREEK PHOENICIA COIN (Inv. 20066)

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20066. PHOENICIA. SIDON. BA’ALSILLEM II, ca. 401–333 BC.
Silver 1/16 Shekel, 0.94 g, 10 mm. Issue dated year 5 (349/8 BC).
Obv. Phoenician gallery left, sailing above stylized waves, Phoenician letter B above. Rev. Persian king standing right, facing, fighting lion standing left, Phoenician O between them.
Elayi & Elayi, Sidon, 945 (this coin listed and illustrated).
Ex Olga H. Knoepke Collection, Glendining 12/10/1986, lot 338.
XF, exceptional detail, gray patina.