bgr_951655 - PHOENICIA - BYBLOS Seizième de shekel
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Type : Seizième de shekel
Date: c. 375-351 AC.
Mint name / Town : Byblos, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Jolie galère. Usure plus importante au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
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.
It is impossible to determine with certainty to which period this sixteenth of a shekel belongs. Older contemporary type of Elpa'al
It is impossible to determine with certainty to which period this sixteenth of a shekel belongs. Older contemporary type of Elpa'al
Historical background
PHOENICIA - BYBLOS
(4th century BC)
Adramelek - king
Byblos, also known as "Gebal", was located 20 km north of Beirut. For the 4th century BC, we know the names of the following kings: Elpaal, Azbaal, Adramelek and Ainel. They all present the same monetary typology. One notices on the coins the murex, shell very widespread in the region, which had made the wealth of Tire and was used to dye the precious fabrics to give them the color purple.
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