bgr_368557 - PHOENICIA - TYRE Didrachme
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Price : 450.00 €
Type : Didrachme
Date: An 15
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier, légèrement décentré au droit avec le grènetis visible. Frappe molle au droit. Revers de haut relief. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Melqart assis sur un hippocampe ailé volant à droite au-dessus des flots figurés par des zigzag, tenant un arc de la main droite avec des flèches et les rènes de la main gauche ; à l’exergue, sous les vagues, un dauphin à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LETTRES ET CHIFFRES PHÉNICIENS (-°/IIIII).
Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face, tenant transversalement un sceptre et un fléau égyptien ; grènetis circulaire.
Commentary
Au revers, la date est bien visible. Ce type se rencontre dans le trésor du nord de la Galilée (CH. VIII, 149) J. Elayi et A. G. Elayi, Nouveaux trésors de monnaies phéniciennes, Transeuphratène 18, p. 360-367 et pour ce trésor, p. 365-371, pl. XLIX-LI, n° 37-60.
On the reverse, the date is clearly visible. This type is found in the treasure of northern Galilee (CH. VIII, 149) J. Elayi and AG Elayi, Nouveaux trésors de monnaies phéniciennes, Transeuphratene 18, pp. 360-367 and for this treasure, pp. 365-371, pl. XLIX-LI, n° 37-60
On the reverse, the date is clearly visible. This type is found in the treasure of northern Galilee (CH. VIII, 149) J. Elayi and AG Elayi, Nouveaux trésors de monnaies phéniciennes, Transeuphratene 18, pp. 360-367 and for this treasure, pp. 365-371, pl. XLIX-LI, n° 37-60
Historical background
PHOENICIA - TYRE
(4th - 3rd century BC)
Ozmilk (Azemilkos)
Tyre, according to tradition, seems to have been founded by settlers from Sidon, its great rival. Tyrian settlers founded Carthage in 814 BC. Tire was one of the main ports of Phenicia and one of the most important trading places in the Eastern Mediterranean. Tire refused to submit to Alexander the Great in 332 BC. The siege of the city lasted seven months from January to August under very difficult conditions. Alexander was ruthless and had the population massacred or enslaved. Tire did not disappear, was rebuilt. After the death of Alexander, it often changed masters: Perdiccas in 321 AC., Ptolemy the following year, then it was the turn of Antigone le Borgne in 314 before returning to Ptolemy's hands two years later. In 294 BC, Tire entered Seleucid orbit. After 274 BC, a new era seems to begin for Tyr. The city will be autonomous after 126 before J. - C. and will know a new political and economic rise without forgetting monetary which will continue under the Roman domination.
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