T28: Silver sixteenth-shekel, struck at Sidon in the name of the satrap Mazaios, 336/5 BC.

Commentary
T28: Silver sixteenth-shekel, struck at Sidon in the name of the satrap Mazaios, 336/5 BC.

Obv. Phoenician galley l., and waves; above, regnal date in Aramaic numerals: ‘Year 18’ (?).

Rev. Scene of heroic encounter: Persian royal figure standing l., gripping lion by top of head. Legend MZ (Phoenician: “of Mazaios”).

BMC Phoenicia 154, no. 84. 0.54g.