Gemini, LLC Auction VI. 10th January 2010 
Lot number: 249 
Price realized: 4,000 USD + buyer's fees. 

Phoenicia. Sidon. c. 425-402 BC. Half-Siglos, 7.02g. 

Obv: Galley left before fortress with four 
projecting towers. In exergue, two lions back to back, all
within dotted border. 

Rev: Persian king slaying lion that stands in front 
of him on hind legs, all within incuse square. 

BM p. 141, 8-9, pl. 18, 5. Traite II 2, p. 551, 891, 
pl. 118, 7. SNG Copenhagen 192. Elayi pp. 68 ff. 
pl. 10-13. 

Good VF. 

Ex Dr. Stephen Gerson Collection. 

Estimate: US$1500