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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Phoenicia| > GB73950
Orthosia, Phoenicia, 41 - 40 B.C.
|Phoenicia|, |Orthosia,| |Phoenicia,| |41| |-| |40| |B.C.|, Orthosia (near modern Arida, Lebanon) was located south of the Eleutheros River (the modern Kabir) in the far north of Phoenicia. It was a refounded by one of the Diadochi but which one is uncertain because the city changed hands frequently. The name Orthosia was derived from an epithet of Artemis and she was the principal divinity of the town.
GB73950. Bronze AE 24, HGC 10 209 (S, this date noted); RPC I - (this date noted p. 644); BMC Phoenicia p. 126, 1 (date obscure); SNG Cop 175 (no visible date); Rouvier -, aVF, green patina, bumps, marks, light encrustations, edge split/chip, Orthoseia mint, weight 6.820g, maximum diameter 23.6mm, die axis 0o, 41 - 40 B.C.; obverse turreted head of Tyche right; reverse Baal of Orthosia standing on two winged lion-griffins, LΔK (year 24 of the Pompeian Era) horizontal on left, OPΘΩΣIΕΩN in exergue; while others with this date are known to exist, we could not find another example; this date very rare; SOLD











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