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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8292008, member: 118780&quot;]This series has confused me, as I&#039;ve seen very similar coins attributed to either Sidon or Samaria. At the time I purchased these, I believed that the &quot;O&quot; signified Samaria (or a Samarian ruler) and the IIIIII on the Sidon coin indicated the year, and hence the rule of Straton I.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m starting to believe that all of these issues are either Sidon or &quot;roughly that area&quot;. While I believe the attribution of my &quot;Sidon&quot; coin, I&#039;m now doubting my &quot;Samaria&quot; coin. In addition, the &quot;stretching&quot; on the coin makes me wonder if it&#039;s a fouree.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465938[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Samaria &#039;Middle Levantine&#039; Series. Circa 375-333 BCE</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">AR Obol 9.7mm 0.65g</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Phoenician galley left (&#039;b&#039; in Phoenician) above, waves below.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">R: Persian king or hero, holding dagger in his right hand, standing right, grasping lion standing right, head to left, at mane; in field, O; all within incuse square.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Meshorer &amp; Qedar 199</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Ars Coin Wien</p><p></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465939[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel</font></font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><p style="text-align: center">`Abd`aštart (Straton) I</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">dated RY 6 = 337/6 BCE 0.86g, 9mm, 12h.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Phoenician galley to left; IIIIII above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger and standing to right, fighting lion standing to left; [&#039;B] (in Phoenician) between; all within incuse square.</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">E&amp;E-S Group IV.5.4.c; DCA 866; HGC 10, 263</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Gorny &amp; Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung 2012</p></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4">Ex Roma 2021</p><p></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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