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Prutah - Abdashtart I Sidon
| Issuer | Sidon |
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| Year | 370 BC - 361 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Galley with oars extended, depicted in left profile, occupying the central field of the flan. The hull is rendered with a dotted border along its lower edge suggesting the waterline, while the oar bank is indicated by a series of short strokes. The design is characteristic of Sidonian bronze coinage, reflecting the city's celebrated maritime tradition. The flan is irregular and the relief is low, consistent with hammered provincial bronze issues of the Achaemenid period. |
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| Reverse description | Standing male figure, likely a Persian king or satrap, depicted in right profile in a striding or walking posture, holding what appears to be a bow or sceptre. The figure is rendered in a schematic, provincial style typical of Achaemenid-influenced Phoenician bronze coinage. The overall design is worn and the flan surface is heavily patinated, obscuring finer details. The field is plain with no additional legend or exergual inscription visible. |
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Abdashtart I — known in Greek sources as Straton I — ruled Sidon during a period of careful navigation between Persian overlordship and growing Greek cultural influence. His court was famously philhellenic; Diodorus Siculus notes his close ties with Athens, and Plato is said to have been among his guests. The small bronze prutah circulated locally while the city's prestige issues in silver traveled the wider Mediterranean trade network.