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E-auction 201-130001 - bgr_300977 - PHOENICIA - BYBLOS Seizième de shekel

PHOENICIA - BYBLOS Seizième de shekel VF
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Estimate : 125 €
Price : 32 €
Maximum bid : 50 €
End of the sale : 20 February 2017 14:01:30
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Seizième de shekel
Date: c. 425-401 AC.
Mint name / Town : Byblos, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 0,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien venu à la frappe au droit, non reconnaissable au revers. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1989

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Galère voguant à gauche, ornée d'un masque de lion avec deux hoplites à l'intérieur ; gouvernail ; au-dessous, les flots, un hippocampe et un coquillage couché (murex).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE ARAMÉENNE (ELPA’AL ROI DE GEBAL).
Reverse description : Lion bondissant à gauche sur un taureau.

Commentary


Il est impossible de déterminer avec certitude à quelle période appartient ce seizième de shekel. Type plus ancien contemporain d’Elpa’al.

Historical background


PHOENICIA - BYBLOS

(4th century BC)

Elpaal - King

Byblos, also known as "Gebal", the modern Jbaïl, is located 30 km north of Beirut, the ancient Beryte. For the 4th century BC, we know the names of the following kings: Elpaal, Azbaal, Adramelek and Ainel. They all have the same monetary typology.

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