v31_0079 - PHOENICIA - SIDON Bronze (PB, Æ 17)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Bronze (PB, Æ 17)
Date: c. 370-358 AC
Mint name / Town : Phénicie, Sidon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très jolie patine vert olive foncé / Sujet de revers très intéressant
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Galère de guerre voguant à gauche ; au-dessous, les flots.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Le Grand Roi debout à gauche dans un char triomphal au pas conduit par un aurige.
Historical background
PHOENICIA - SIDON
(4th century BC)
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Sidon was with Tire one of the main ports of the Phoenician coast, essentially a military port, hence the presence of the galley under the local coins. On the reverse, the triumphal chariot could represent a procession with the Achaemenid king, Artaxerxes I (464-423) or Darius II (423-404). The new coinage of Sidon began in 112-111 BC Pompey maintained the status of a free city, later confirmed by Marc-Antoine. Autonomous coinage ceased in 30/29 BC.
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