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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Hemichalque
Date: an 104
Mint name / Town : Marathos, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,66 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Frappe un peu molle sur la tête de Tyché. Très joli revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB en 1994
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Tyché tourelé et drapé à droite, une palme sur l’épaule.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LETTRES ET CHIFFRES PHÉNICIENS.
Reverse description : Marathos drapé debout à gauche, tenant de la main droite un aphlaston, le coude gauche appuyé sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : (an 91).
Commentary
Pour cette date, F. Duyrat a recensé cinq exemplaires pour quatre variétés avec cinq coins de droit et cinq coins de revers Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
For this date, F. Duyrat recorded five examples for four varieties with five obverse corners and five reverse dies. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
For this date, F. Duyrat recorded five examples for four varieties with five obverse corners and five reverse dies. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
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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