Double Shekel
Greek
Sidon
Phoenicia
Asia Minor
Middle East
384-370 BCE
Silver
Diameter: 1 1/8 in. (28.5 mm)
Weight: 24.8 g (0.1 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29627
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Syria, West Asia, Asia
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: War galley left, with oars, below triple line of waves Reverse: King of Persia in chariot left, with charioteer; behind on foot, Egyptian King left.
Course History
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
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