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bgr_649071 - PHOENICIA - ARADOS Chalque

PHOENICIA - ARADOS Chalque AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Chalque
Date: An 183
Mint name / Town : Arados, Phénicie
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 8,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers ainsi qu’un portrait agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
BMC.37  - Cop.172  - B.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Double corne d’abondance ; date et lettres araméennes.

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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