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Astarte

Astarte is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the principal goddess of the Phoenicians (Ashtoreth), representing the productive power of nature. In Phoenician mythology, she was a daughter of Sky and Earth and sister of the god El. Astarte was connected with fertility, sexuality, and war. Her symbols were the lion, the horse, the sphinx, the dove, and a star within a circle indicating the planet Venus. Her name is the second name in a Wicca energy chant: "Isis, Astarte, Diana, Hecate, Demeter, Kali, Inanna."

Titus, 24 June 79 - 13 September 81 A.D., Dora, Phoenicia

|Roman| |Phoenicia|, |Titus,| |24| |June| |79| |-| |13| |September| |81| |A.D.,| |Dora,| |Phoenicia||AE| |22|
Dora, on the coast eight miles north of Caesarea, was a Canaanite city. It fell to the Philistines early in the 12th century B.C. Solomon appointed the son of Abinadab as overseer of Dor (I Kings 4:11). In the Persian period Dor was a Sidonian colony. In Hellenistic times it was a Ptolemaic seaport and royal fortress, once besieged by Antiochus VII, (1 Macc. 15. 11-14). Under the Romans, Dora was a free city. See also Josh 11:2, 17:11; and Judg 1:27.
RP98117. Bronze AE 22, RPC Online II 2089 (15 spec.); Sofaer 25 (same obv. die); Meshorer Dora 32; BMC Phoenicia p. 116, 27; Rosenberger II 24 corr. (wrong obv. photo), nice gVF, excellent portrait, attractive patina, tight flan, rev. off center, light marks, light earthen deposits, scattered porosity, weight 9.551 g, maximum diameter 21.8 mm, die axis 0o, Dora (Tel Dor, Israel) mint, as caesar, c. 69 - 70 A.D; obverse T ΦΛAYI OYEΣΠ KAIC ETOY IEP, laureate head right; reverse ΔWPITWN (Dora), Tyche-Astarte standing facing, head right, wearing turreted crown, standard in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, BΛP ([year] 132) in outer left field; very attractive in hand; scarce; SOLD


Gallienus, August 253 - September 268 A.D., Phoenicia, Berytos

|Gallienus|, |Gallienus,| |August| |253| |-| |September| |268| |A.D.,| |Phoenicia,| |Berytos||AE| |28|
Astarte, called "Ashtroth" in Scripture, was the favorite goddess of the Sidonians, Tyrians, Philistines, and Syro-Phoenicians generally. She was associated with the Greek Aphrodite and Roman Venus Genetrix, being believed by the ancients to be the goddess of generation, as well as of beauty. Astarte was chiefly worshiped and appears on the coins of Berytus, Bostra, Sidon, and Tyre. Her image is of a young woman, wearing a tall headdress; and clothed in a tunic, high in the neck- sometimes, not reaching lower than the knees, or sometimes with a longer dress, but with one knee exposed, and one foot planted on a galley's prow.Astarte
SH11625. Bronze AE 28, BMC Phoenicia 264, VF, nice green patina, weight 15.583 g, maximum diameter 27.9 mm, die axis 0o, Berytos (Beirut, Lebanon) mint, 259 A.D.; obverse IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Astarte standing facing, foot on galley, cruciform standard in right and aphlaston in left arm, crowned by Nike standing on column right; SOLD


Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Caesarea Maritima, Samaria, Judaea

|Roman| |Judea| |&| |Palestina|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.,| |Caesarea| |Maritima,| |Samaria,| |Judaea||AE| |29|
Although we do not have old provenance, this is definitely an "old collection" coin. How do we know? The orange color on this coin is not an earthen deposit desert patina. It is paint. Decades ago using paint was a popular way to "improve" the appearance of ancient coins. The paint could probably be easily removed with solvent, but we are leaving it intact as part of the history of the coin.
RP98136. Bronze AE 29, RPC III 3954; Sofaer 21; Kadman Caesarea 22; Rosenberger II 19; Baramki AUB 9; SNG ANS 760 - 1; BMC Palestine p. 17, 39; Meshorer City Coins 25, F/VF, obverse legend weak/off flan, under-size flan, minor roughness, paint, weight 28.544 g, maximum diameter 33.5 mm, die axis 0o, Caesarea Maritima (Keisaria, Israel) mint, c. 115 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OP AVG GER DAC COS VI P P (most legend missing), laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse Astarte-Tyche standing left within central arch of tetrastyle temple, foot on prow, human bust in extended right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, at her feet to right, half-length figure of river god(?) behind, horned altar before center of temple base, C I F AVG / CAES (Colonia Prima Flavia Augusta Caesarea) in two lines in exergue; from an Israeli collection; SOLD


Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Sidon, Phoenicia

|Caracalla|, |Caracalla,| |28| |January| |198| |-| |8| |April| |217| |A.D.,| |Sidon,| |Phoenicia||tetradrachm|
The principal male god of Sidon was Eshmun, a god of healing associated by the Greeks and Romans with Asclepius. However, Astarte, a goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war associated with Aphrodite, was probably considered his superior.
SH59991. Silver tetradrachm, Prieur 1359, VF, weight 12.768 g, maximum diameter 25.7 mm, die axis 40o, Sidon (Saida, Lebanon) mint, 215 - 217 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI ANTWNINOC CE, laureate head right; reverse ΔH MAP E YΠATOC Δ, eagle standing facing, wings open, head and tail left, wreath in beak, cart of Astarte between legs; SOLD


Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Tripolis, Phoenicia

|Roman| |Phoenicia|, |Elagabalus,| |16| |May| |218| |-| |11| |March| |222| |A.D.,| |Tripolis,| |Phoenicia||AE| |25|
The RPC Online VI specimen's date is off flan and this date is apparently unpublished.
SH08634. Bronze AE 25, RPC Online VI T8272 (date off flan, 1 spec.), gF, weight 12.154 g, maximum diameter 25.0 mm, die axis 0o, Tripolis (Tripoli, Lebanon) mint, 221 - 222 A.D.; obverse AV KM AV ANTΩNINOC, laureate bust right, seen from behind; reverse TPIΠOΛITΩN, front view of temple of Astarte, center arch, two tetrastyle wings, curved roof line from wings to top of pediment, wearing turreted crown, resting on long sceptre and being crowned by Nike standing on small column at her left, ΓΛΦ (Seleucid Era year 533) left of the temple stairs; extremely rare; SOLD


Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Tripolis, Phoenicia

|Phoenicia|, |Elagabalus,| |16| |May| |218| |-| |11| |March| |222| |A.D.,| |Tripolis,| |Phoenicia||AE| |29|
Elagabalus came to power through the scheming of his grandmother Julia Maesa. He shocked the public with bizarre behavior including cross-dressing and marrying a Vestal Virgin. Elagabalus and his mother were murdered, dragged through the streets of Rome and dumped into the Tiber.
RP112225. Bronze AE 29, RPC Online VI T8269 (14 spec.), Rouvier 1763, BMC Phoenicia p. 223, 119, VF, nice portrait, near black patina, earthen deposits, scratches, weight 16.343 g, maximum diameter 29.0 mm, die axis 180o, Tripolis (Tripoli, Lebanon) mint, 219 - 220 A.D.; obverse AVT K M AYP ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse TRIΠOΛITΩN, temple, center arch, two tetrastyle wings, curved roof line from wings to top of pediment, Astarte stands facing in doorway, wearing turreted crown, resting on long sceptre and being crowned by Nike standing on small column at her left, AΛΦ (Seleucid Era year 531) left of the temple stairs; SOLD


Julia Paula, Augusta, July or August 219 - c. September 220 A.D., First Wife of Elagabalus, Sidon Phoenicia

|Phoenicia|, |Julia| |Paula,| |Augusta,| |July| |or| |August| |219| |-| |c.| |September| |220| |A.D.,| |First| |Wife| |of| |Elagabalus,| |Sidon| |Phoenicia||AE| |28|
In 219, Julia Maesa arranged for her grandson Elagabalus to marry Julia Paula. The wedding was a lavish ceremony and Paula was given the honorific title of Augusta. In 220, he divorced her and married Aquilia Severa, a Vestal Virgin.
RP114679. Bronze AE 28, RPC Online VI T8458 (7 spec.); Rouvier 1565; BMC Phoenicia , p. , 290, aVF, well centered, over-cleaned, porous, legends weak, tiny edge flaw, weight 12.846 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 180o, Sidon (Saida, Lebanon) mint, Jul/Aug 219 - c. Sep 220 A.D.; obverse IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane; reverse COL AVR PIA METRO SID, temple of Astarte with four columns, arch in pediment at center, globe in circle (shield) as central Akroterion, aphlasta at sides; within arch statues of Astarte standing facing, turreted, long sceptre in right hand; Marsyas on left standing right carrying wineskin on shoulder and raising hand; Nike on right standing left on small column offering her a crown; first of the type handled by FORVM, zero sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives over the last 2 decades; rare; SOLD


Melita (Mdina, Malta), Under Roman Rule, c. 150 - 146 B.C.

|Other| |Sicily|, |Melita| |(Mdina,| |Malta),| |Under| |Roman| |Rule,| |c.| |150| |-| |146| |B.C.||AE| |26|
Melite or Melita was an ancient city located on the site of present-day Mdina, Malta. It began as a Bronze Age settlement, which grew into the city Maleth under the Phoenicians, and became the administrative center of the island. The city fell to Rome in 218 B.C., and it remained part of the Roman and later the Byzantine Empire until 870 A.D., when it was destroyed by the Aghlabids. The city was then rebuilt and renamed Medina, giving rise to the present name Mdina. It remained Malta's capital city until 1530. Only a few vestiges of the Punic-Roman city have survived. The most substantial are the ruins of the Domvs Romana, in which a number of well-preserved mosaics and statues have been found. Sparse remains of other buildings and parts of the city walls have been excavated, but no visible remains of the city's numerous temples, churches, and other public buildings survive.
GI84544. Bronze AE 26, Calciati III p, 353, 7; Coleiro 3; SNG Cop 463; SNG Dreer 607; SNG Morcom -; SNG Evelpidis I -, F, brown tone, slightly irregular flan, small edge cracks, weight 11.397 g, maximum diameter 26.3 mm, die axis 0o, Melita (Mdina, Malta) mint, c. 150 - 146 B.C.; obverse MELITAIWN (downward on right), veiled female (Astarte) head right, with ureus and lotus crown, sign of Tanit combined with caduceus left; reverse Osiris kneeling left on one knee, with four spread wings, two coming out from the upper back, two from the lower back, wearing solar disc crown, scepter in right hand, flail in left hand, wearing pinafore and necklace; rare; SOLD


Gordian III, 29 July 238 - 25 February 244 A.D., Tyre, Phoenicia

|Phoenicia|, |Gordian| |III,| |29| |July| |238| |-| |25| |February| |244| |A.D.,| |Tyre,| |Phoenicia||AE| |30|
The Tyrians paid supreme adoration to Astarte. Josephus records by Hiram, King of Tyre, built a magnificent temple in honor of Ashtaroth (Astarte). This temple and images of the goddess both appear frequently on coins of the Roman colony. Cicero affirms that the goddess, was the Syrian Venus, who was said to have been married to Adonis (lib. iii. De Nat. Deor.).
RP57245. Bronze AE 30, Rouvier 2425; Mionnet Supp. VIII p. 309, 337; BMC Phoenicia p. 280, 424 var. (rev. legend); SNG Cop -, aVF, weight 19.234 g, maximum diameter 30.3 mm, die axis 0o, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, obverse IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL [AVG], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse COL TVR METR, Temple of Astarte with six columns, arch over center, Astarte in center placing uncertain object on trophy left, Nike on right, altar before temple flanked by palm and murex; interesting type; very rare; SOLD


Diadumenian, Mid May - 8 June 218 A.D., Byblos, Phoenicia

|Diadumenian|, |Diadumenian,| |Mid| |May| |-| |8| |June| |218| |A.D.,| |Byblos,| |Phoenicia||AE| |23|
Astarte, a Phoenician fertility and war goddess, was the principal deity of the port city of Sidon. Other major centers of Astarte's worship were Tyre and Byblos, and she was worshiped as far west as Carthage, Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus. The Greeks associated her with Aphrodite. Byblos produced papyrus and our word bible was derived from the name of this city.
SH52104. Bronze AE 23, BMC Phoenicia 40 - 43, Rouvier 699, VF, weight 11.066 g, maximum diameter 23.1 mm, die axis 195o, Byblos (Jbail, Lebanon) mint, as caesar, May 217 - mid May 218 A.D.; obverse MOΠ ΔIAΔYMENIANOC KAI, bare-headed, cuirassed bust right; reverse BYBΛOYIEPAC, temple of two columns surmounted by arch of shell pattern; inside Astarte stands right, turreted, foot on prow, long scepter in right, before her Nike offering wreath standing on column; scarce; SOLD




  




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