bgr_300950 - PHOENICIA - ARADOS Hemichalque
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Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Hemichalque
Date: an 132
Mint name / Town : Arados, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 1,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, épais, bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Droit tout à fait inhabituel. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente de Münzzentrum d’avril 1989
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Monstre marin masculin aquiforme à gauche (Dagon ichthyomorphe), tenant un dauphin dans chaque main.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LETTRES PHÉNICIENNE(MA).
Reverse description : Galère avec un rang de rameurs voguant à droite ; au-dessous, les flots représentés en zigzag.
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
PHOENICIA - ARADOS
(5th - 4th century BC)
Arados or Rouad (Arad) was founded in the 8th century BC by settlers from Sidon. It is quoted in Genesis (X, 18). The exceptional location of the island, 0.4 km2, located three kilometers from the coast of Syria between Latakia and Tripolis made it a strategic location of prime importance. The city was surrounded by a defensive wall also used as a dike against the waves. The port, facing the land, was protected from storms. Arados was in turn tributary to the Egyptians, the Assyrians, then the Persians, but kept local dynasts who remained until the arrival of Alexander the Great. Straton, son of Gerostratos king of Arados, made his submission to the conqueror in 333 BC, delivered his fleet and helped him during the siege of Tyre. He kept his throne.
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