T27: Silver dishekel, struck at Sidon in the name of the satrap Mazaios, 336/5 BC.

Commentary
T27: Silver dishekel, 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. Persian royal figure in chariot drawn by four horses, driven by charioteer holding reins in both hands; behind, at r., attendant holding raised sceptre. Legend MZDY (Phoenician: “of Mazaios”). 

BMC Phoenicia 152, no. 64. 24.81g.