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bgr_300989 - PHOENICIA - MARATHOS Chalque

PHOENICIA - MARATHOS Chalque AU
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Price : 320.00 €
Type : Chalque
Date: an 88
Mint name / Town : Marathos, Phénicie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,61 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Hermès. Revers particulièrement bien venu à la frappe. Magnifique patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Hirsch de mai 1993

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste drapé d’Hermès à droite, le caducée sur l’épaule.

Reverse


Reverse legend : LETTRES ET CHIFFRES PHÉNICIENS.
Reverse description : Marathos drapé debout à gauche, brandissant de la main droite un aphlaston.
Reverse translation : (an 91).

Commentary


Pour cette date, F. Duyrat a recensé six exemplaires pour quatre variétés avec six coins de droit et six coins de revers Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


PHOENICIA - MARATHOS

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

Marathos was an old city of Phoenicia, hereditary enemy of Arados. While the maritime city had long remained under Seleucid influence, its rival had entered the lagid orbit. Arados became independent again in 259 BC. After Antiochus III and the Peace of Apamea, Egyptian power diminished in the region, especially under Ptolemy V (204-180 AC.) who lost most of the possessions from Syria. Eventually, Marathos was destroyed by its rival between 140 and 137 BC, when the new civic coinage of Arados was created. After the destruction of Marathos, the victors founded a colony on the ruins of the city.

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