GB95285. Silver 1/16 shekel, Meshorer-Qedar 199; Elayi 2004 851 ff.; HGC 10 240; Betlyon 27 (Abd'astart, Straton I); BMC Phoenicia p 146, 36 (same); SNG Cop 197 ff. (same), aF/VF, toned, edge test cuts, Sidon (Saida, Lebanon) mint, weight 0.551g, maximum diameter 9.50mm, die axis 180
o, c. 371 - 370 B.C.; obverse war galley left, Phoenician letter beth above, waves below; reverse King of Persia to left, standing right, slaying erect lion to right, Phoenician letter ayin between them; from a Norwegian collection, ex Polymath Numismatics (Merrill, WI);
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