Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alshallim II (401-366 BC). 1/16 Shekel (No reserve price)

Phoenicia, Sidon.
Ba'alshallim II (401-366 BC).
1/16 Shekel (Silver, 8.4 mm, 0.57 g).

Obv: 𐤁 ('B' in Phoenician) above. Phoenician galley left above waves.
Rev: Persian king or hero, wearing crenellated crown and slaying lion standing left. Between, O.

Reference: Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Southern Levant, type 240.

Under Ba'alshallim II (401–366 BC), Sidon was a leading Phoenician city within the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Its powerful fleet made it strategically important to Persian rule, while its harbour supported extensive Mediterranean trade. Sidonian coinage combined local Phoenician identity with Persian imperial imagery, reflecting the city’s wealth, maritime strength and considerable autonomy under Achaemenid sovereignty.

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