v45_0156 - PHOENICIA - MARATHOS Double unité ou dichalque, (MB, Æ 22)
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Double unité ou dichalque, (MB, Æ 22)
Date: an 98 = 162-161 AC.
Mint name / Town : Phénicie, Marathos
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers, mais bien lisible et identifiable. Belle patine noire
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection A. S.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste voilé et drapé de femme à droite, coiffée du stéphané (Bérinice II).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LETTRES ET CHIFFRES PHÉNICIENS.
Reverse description : Asklépios-Eschoum debout à droite, tenant un bâton sur lequel un serpent est enroulé.
Reverse translation : (an 98).
Commentary
Au droit, E. Babelon reconnaît dans le buste voilé celui de Bérénice II, la femme de Ptolémée III. Pièce datée de l’an 98 .
On the right, E. Babelon recognizes in the veiled bust that of Berenice II, the wife of Ptolemy III. Piece dated the year 98
On the right, E. Babelon recognizes in the veiled bust that of Berenice II, the wife of Ptolemy III. Piece dated the year 98
Historical background
PHOENICIA - MARATHOS
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
Marathos was an old city of Phoenicia, hereditary enemy of Arados. While the maritime city had long remained under Seleucid influence, its rival had entered the lagid orbit. Arados became independent again in 259 BC. After Antiochus III and the Peace of Apamea, Egyptian power diminished in the region, especially under Ptolemy V (204-180 AC.) who lost most of the possessions from Syria. Eventually, Marathos was destroyed by its rival between 140 and 137 BC, when the new civic coinage of Arados was created. After the destruction of Marathos, the victors founded a colony on the ruins of the city.
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