SidonEighthShekel

I'm always afraid I will drop it and never be able to see it on the floor.

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A more recent attribution than the BMC of these coins is Betlyon who has them as

1/16 sheqels with the letter bet above the galley for Ba'lshallim II but with the letter 'ayin between the King and Lion which stands for the successor king 'Abd'ashtart I 372-362/1 B.C.E.

These coins would then be hybrids of the two reigns and struck early in the latter.

Alan S. DeShazo

ref: The Coinage and Mints of Phoenicia The Pre-Alexander Period, John Wilson Betlyon,

Harvard Semitic Monographs 26, Scholars Press, Chico, California, 1982

Thanks for the information and reference. Is the O between the king and lion the letter 'ayin you mention?

Glenn Woods has one of these for sale with the 1/16th shekel and Betylon references. Here's the URL: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/glennwoods/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=6270

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Sorry for the delay in answering. The O is the letter 'ayin.

Alan S.