Live auction - bgr_966737 - PHOENICIA - GABALA Unité
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Live starting : Type : Unité
Date: c. 187-186 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gabala, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 5,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’Astarté à droite, coiffée du polos.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DATE PHÉNICIENNE.
Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche.
Reverse translation : (an 73).
Commentary
Exemplaire daté d’après l’ère d’Arados.
Historical background
PHOENICIA - GABALA
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Gabala, a coastal city, located south of Laodicea ad Mare and was therefore more in Syria than in Phenicia and was attached to the perée of Arados. The coinage could begin at the end of the 3rd century BC. It is attested in the 2nd century BC.
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