1⁄16 Shekel

Descrizione del dritto	Standing figure of the Persian Great King in profile to the right, depicted in court dress and wearing the kidaris crown, with arms extended in the act of drawing a bow. The figure is rendered in a schematic Achaemenid style characteristic of Sidonian coinage of this period, occupying the central field of the small flan. No legend or inscription appears in the field.
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Tiratura	ND (410 BC - 400 BC)
Informazioni aggiuntive	Sidon occupied a peculiar position among Phoenician cities in the late fifth century — nominally under Achaemenid Persian authority, yet granted enough autonomy to produce its own coinage in support of Persian naval operations. These fractional pieces were struck to facilitate small transactions in a port economy where precise subdivision of value mattered enormously. The series to which this piece belongs was likely minted under Straton I or one of his immediate predecessors. Betlyon's classification of this type places it within a tightly dated horizon corresponding to increased Persian military activity in the eastern Mediterranean.