Recataloged to 8-7800
- Museum number:
- 9-480
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090000480
- Alternate number:
- 8-7800 (museum number (recataloged to))
- Accession number:
- Acc.369
- Description:
- Coin; Silver; Double shekel; size: 29.93 mm; weight: 27.87 gm. 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 facing to the left by 4(?) pacing horses; charioteer; king, in kidaris, raises right hand; Egyptian figure behind holding in right hand a 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:
- Placeholder record (no associated object)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Accession date:
- 1908
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Legacy documentation: