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Catalogue information
LastDodo number
6419835
Area
Coins
Title
Sidon, Phoenicia 1/16th shekel (gerah) ca. 372-361 BCE
Country
Face value
Year
-370
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Gold- or silver content
Weight
0.68
Diameter
10
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
O (between standing Persian king slaying standing lion, which he holds by the mane )
Reverse
( War galley )
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Betlyon 27; BMC 36
Catalogue number
Details
"O" is the Phoenician letter "Ayin" (eye), and first letter of the King's name (Abdashtart).
A gerah is an ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, equivalent to one-twentieth of a shekel, a shekel being 180 barleycorns or 60 carob. The mass is ca. 0.6 grams.