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bgr_966706 - PHOENICIA - SIDON Unité
80.00 €(Approx. 93.60$ | 69.60£)
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Type : Unité
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Sidon, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure plus marquée au droit. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IIII.
Obverse description : Galère de guerre voguant à gauche ; au-dessous, les flots.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Archer mélophore coiffé de la cidaris, vêtu de la candys, agenouillé à droite, tenant un arc de la main gauche et brandissant une javeline transversale de la main droite.
Historical background
PHOENICIA - SIDON
(4th century BC)
Abdashtart or Strato I
Sidon was with Tire one of the main ports of the Phoenician coast, essentially a military port. The new coinage of Sidon began in 112-111 BC Pompey maintained the status of a free city, later confirmed by Marc Antoine. Autonomous coinage ceased in 30/29 BC.
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