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Live auction - bgr_668074 - PHOENICIA - ARADOS Tétradrachme stéphanophore

PHOENICIA - ARADOS Tétradrachme stéphanophore AU
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Estimate : 800 €
Price : 810 €
Maximum bid : 830 €
End of the sale : 15 June 2021 14:31:06
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme stéphanophore
Date: an 167
Mint name / Town : Arados
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 14,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Superbe buste. Revers de style fin. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés au revers
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Tyché à droite, coiffée d'une couronne tourelée, voilée et drapée ; grènetis.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké debout à gauche, tenant un aplustre de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche ; le tout dans une couronne.
Reverse legend : ARADIWN/ ZXR/ L/ IN.
Reverse translation : (d’Arados).

Commentary


Même coin de droit que les exemplaires de la thèse de F. Duyrat sur Arados, n° 3325-3334, (pl.40, n° 3327).

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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