Live auction - bgr_966702 - PHOENICIA - SIDON Unité
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Live starting : Type : Unité
Date: c. 370-358 AC
Mint name / Town : Sidon, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais qui reste bien identifiable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
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.
Commentary
Type anonyme.
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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