Live auction - bgr_959183 - PHOENICIA - DORA Unité
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Live starting : Type : Unité
Date: c. 100-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Dora, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,52 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli portrait de Melqart, quasi TTB+. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue de Melqart à droite, coiffé de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE PHÉNICIENNE.
Reverse description : Astarté tourelée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant une phiale de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche ; dans le champ à droite, un thyrse.
Historical background
PHOENICIA - DORA
(1st century BC)
Dora or Dor was the northernmost coastal city of Phenicia, on a small peninsula at the foot of Mount Carmel. Founded around 1400 BC, it fell under the domination of the "People of the Sea" around 1100 BC It was for a time the residence of the Canaanite kings before falling under the domination of Solomon. In 734, it was the capital of an Assyrian province. Controlled for a period by the kings of Sidon, it came under Persian rule around 450 BC. It then came under Seleucid control and was often disputed by the lagid kings. It was fortified by Antiochus III the Great in 219 BC and restored by Antiochus VII Sidetes in 139-138 BC The fortress was restored by Aulus Gabinus.
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