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E-auction 81-40234 - bgr_333151 - PHOENICIA - ARADOS Hémichalque

PHOENICIA - ARADOS Hémichalque VF
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Estimate : 45 €
Price : 31 €
Maximum bid : 32 €
End of the sale : 03 November 2014 15:01:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Hémichalque
Date: an 125
Mint name / Town : Arados, Phénicie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier et ovale à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bustes accolés de Zeus lauré et d'Héra coiffée du stéphané à droite ; grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse legend : DATE PHÉNICIENNE.
Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche richement décorée.
Reverse translation : (an 125).

Commentary


Poids léger. Très beaux portraits de style “grec”. C’est la plus petite divisionnaire grecque frappée.

Historical background


PHOENICIA - ARADOS

(3rd - 1st century BC)

Arados had entered the Seleucid orbit after the battle of Ipsos in 301 BC. The city emancipated itself from this tutelage in 259 BC. Arados then dates its coins from this new era. Under the reign of Alexandre I Bala, it destroyed Marathus, its neighbor and old enemy. From this date, the city issued a very important civic coinage (137-45 AC.) which was to last until the Caesarean period..

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