Stater

66-26-1

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 66-26-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Phoenician | Persian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Aradus | Phoenicia
Date Made 399-332 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Melqarth | Galley
Description

Silver stater, series B. Persian standard. Obv: head of god Melqarth, laureate, bearded, looking right.

Rev: galley moving right, water below.

Length 2 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Barclay Scull, 1966

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