E&E-S Plate Coin

406, Lot: 491. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Mazaios (Mazday). Satrap of Eber Nari, 353-333 BC. AR Dishekel (30mm, 25.44 g, 11h). Dated RY 10 (344/3 BC). Phoenician galley left; B, 10 (date), and traces of letters (all in Phoenician) above, waves below / King of Persia and driver in chariot drawn by three horses left; behind, King of Sidon standing left, in Egyptian dress, holding cultic scepter and votive vase; MZDY (in Phoenician) above. E&E-S Group IV.6.1.2, 1961 (D12/R16 – this coin, illustrated); HGC 10, 264; DCA 858. VF, toned, some roughness, a few scratches.

From the George Bernert Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 2 (31 January 1996), lot 60; Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (12 October 1988), lot 565; J. Schulman (18 March 1964), lot 61.