Samarian Coinage 240, Rb' sheqel, Silver, 400–332 BC. Obverse: winged lion standing on its hindlegs, attacking a bull(?) standing on its hindlegs to l.; dotted square border. Reverse: persian king/hero wearing a jagged crown standing on r., holding by the head a prancing winged lion with a human head or a sphinx-like head turned to r.; guilloche-pattern square border; incuse square. Weight about 3.1 g, diameter 16.0 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 3.10g (1) |
| ruler | Samaria (Achaemenid province) | diameter | ⌀16.0 (1) |
| denomination | Rb' sheqel | axis | 3↕ (1) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Levant | dataset |
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obverse
Winged lion standing on its hindlegs, attacking a bull(?) standing on its hindlegs to l.; dotted square border
reverse
Persian king/hero wearing a jagged crown standing on r., holding by the head a prancing winged lion with a human head or a sphinx-like head turned to r.; guilloche-pattern square border; incuse square
specimens (2)
SITNAM
SITNAM
3.10g
⌀16.0
3↕
Cite this coin
Samarian Coinage 240 (lco.csc.240), 400–332 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/samarian-coinage-240/ (accessed: 2026-08-26). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA