Phoenicia, Sidon, King Bodashtart ? (ca. 384-370 BC), Silver Double Shekel, 27.43 gms., war gallery left, over stylized waves, legend above, rev. Persian king in charlot with driver left, attendant behind (BMC 26.143, 17 ff.), together with a Fouree Double-Shekel of the same type, its bronze core showing underneath the silver plating, and a Silver Shekel, city walls of Sidon, pair of heraldic lions in exergue, rev. king killing lion (BMC 26.14, 10), good fine, the Double-Shekel a well-centered specimen on an generous thick flan as customary for these early issues, the Shekel with deep test cut on reverse (3) (lot)

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Phoenicia, Sidon, King Bodashtart ? (ca. 384-370 BC), Silver Double Shekel, 27.43 gms., war gallery left, over stylized waves, legend above, rev. Persian king in charlot with driver left, attendant behind (BMC 26.143, 17 ff.), together with a Fouree Double-Shekel of the same type, its bronze core showing underneath the silver plating, and a Silver Shekel, city walls of Sidon, pair of heraldic lions in exergue, rev. king killing lion (BMC 26.14, 10), good fine, the Double-Shekel a well-centered specimen on an generous thick flan as customary for these early issues, the Shekel with deep test cut on reverse (3) (lot)