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PHOENICIA, Sidon. Year 34 (78-77 BC). Æ 21mm (6.8gm).
Obv: Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus right.
Rev: ΣIΔΩNOΣ / ΘEAΣ Phoenician galley sailing left; date LΔΛ (year 34 date) above,
Phoenician inscription "of the Sidonians" below.
ref: SNG Copenhagen 221; BMC Phoenicia pg. 164, 137; Laffaille, "Choix de Monnaies Grecques en Bronze," 181 = Laffaille 588
(note: Waser states that the male head cannot be that of Zeus, as the head is in the background, thus taking a minor position and there is no trace of laurels or taenia)
Sammlung : Shakti Sharma Collection