bgr_767720 - PHOENICIA - SIDON Dichalque
350.00 €(Approx. 378.00$ | 294.00£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Dichalque
Date: 77-76 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sidon, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 6,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Jolis bustes. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Bustes accolés de Tyché et de Zeus ; Tyché voilée, tourelée et drapée à droite ; Zeus laurée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION PHÉNCIENNE.
Reverse description : Galère voguant à gauche.
Reverse legend : LEL / SIDWNOS
Reverse translation : (an 35/ de Sidon).
Historical background
PHOENICIA - SIDON
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Sidon was with Tire one of the main ports of the Phoenician coast, essentially a military port. Sidon was one of the oldest cities in Phenicia. The city was famous for the commercial exploitation of purple (murex). Its coinage seems to have begun in the second half of the 5th century BC and lasted until the Macedonian conquest in 332 BC. The city submitted to the conqueror without a fight, unlike its neighbor, Tyr who resisted for seven months. The new coinage of Sidon began in 112-111 BC Pompey maintained the status of a free city, later confirmed by Marc Antoine. The autonomous coinage ceased in 30/29 BC. Under the Empire, the city remained an important port.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
