Coin: ar double shekel

Museum number:

8-7801

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Alternate number:

9-481 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.369

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin; Silver; Double shekel; 26.0 mm; 28.10 grams. Obverse: War galley facing left with oars, row of shields along bulwarks; globe-and-crescent standard over square stern; double rudder. Above, untranscribable symbol; below, double zigzag line of waves; cable border. Reverse: King of Persia in car drawn by 4(?) pacing horses; charioteer; king, wearing kidaris, raises right hand; Egyptian figure behind holding in right hand scepter with animal’s head; double exergue line and cable border.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Sidon (ancient city), Phoenicia

Production place:

Sidon (ancient city), Phoenicia

Culture or time period:

Achaemenid Phoenicia (539-332 BC)

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection date:

1908

Materials:

Silver (metal)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Coins (money)

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

384-370 BC

Accession date:

1908

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

linear 26 millimeters and weight 28.1 grams

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