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E-auction 86-43704 - bgr_334329 - PHOENICIA - ARADOS Unité

PHOENICIA - ARADOS Unité XF/VF
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Estimate : 95 €
Price : 37 €
Maximum bid : 37 €
End of the sale : 08 December 2014 15:04:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Unité
Date: 175-171 AC.
Mint name / Town : Arados, Phénicie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,73 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Tyché. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES IX, n° 121

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Tyché à droite, coiffée d'une couronne tourelée, les cheveux tombant sur la nuque ; une palme sur l'épaule.

Reverse


Reverse legend : DATE PHÉNICIENNE.
Reverse description : Poséidon, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, assis à gauche sur une proue de navire, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un trident de la gauche ; devant, une figurine d'Athéna combattant à gauche.

Commentary


Sur cet exemplaire, la date n’est pas visible à l’exergue.

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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