Live auction - bpv_966739 - SYRIA - COELE-SYRIA - HELIOPOLIS (BAALBEK) Diassaria
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| Starting price : | 35 € |
| Estimate : | 70 € |
| Price : | 35 € |
| Maximum bid : | 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 May 2025 15:28:09 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Diassaria
Date: c. 200-300
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Coelé Syrie, Héliopolis
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Jolie représentation du droit. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : COL HEL.
Obverse description : Marsyas debout à droite tenant une outre de vin.
Reverse
Reverse legend : COL HEL.
Reverse description : Légende en deux lignes dans une couronne.
Historical background
SYRIA - COELE-SYRIA - HELIOPOLIS (BAALBEK)
(3rd century AD)
Baalbek is a city located in the Beka Valley in present-day Lebanon at more than 1,100 meters above sea level. The city is famous for these temples of Roman times when the city bears the name of Heliopolis. It was one of the most important religious complexes of the ancient Roman world. Besides the imperial cult and the Capitoline triad with Jupiter, Venus and Bacchus local gods like Hadad, or Atargatis were venerated as well as a local god of Fertility.
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