Phoenicia, Sidon AR Dishekel. `Abd`aštart (Straton) II(?), dated RY 7 = 336/5 BC. Phoenician galley to left; I III III (regnal year) above, triple line of waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot to left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre and votive vase, walking to left; 'B (in Phoenician) above. E&E-S 1300 (D18/R21); Cf. Betlyon 35; cf. Traité II 921; cf. HGC 10, 242 and 260. 25.46g, 29mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine; minor marks to both sides, otherwise an attractive and unusually detailed example. Extremely Rare with this date.

From A Lady's Winged Horse Collection;
Ex Trausnitz Collection, Nomos AG, Auction 19, 17 November 2019, lot 217;
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 72, 12 May 1998, lot 315.