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Ptolemaic KingdomHellenistic coinage of the Ptolemies, after Alexander the Great. Principal mints include Alexandria in Egypt, Paphos and Sidon in Cyprus, and Sidon and Tyre in Phoenicia. Anaximander
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(0117) HADRIAN117 - 138 AD
AE 22 mm; 9.07 g
O: laureate head right.
R: car of Astarte: cult xoanon within,set on two-wheeled base.
Phoenicia, Sidon; SNG Copenhagen 253; BMC 226laney
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(0218) ELAGABALUS218-222 AD
Æ 29 mm, 10.36 g
O: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
R: Table with drapery and two agonistic urns each with a single palm; below, balloting balls and amphora
PHOENICIA, Sidon
cf Rouvier 1514
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(0222) SEVERUS ALEXANDER222 - 235 AD
AE 23 mm; 7.79 g
O: laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind;
R: cart of Astarte, two wheels, four columns supporting roof, Baetyl within, inverted crescent above, two figures at base
Phoenicia, Sidon mint; cf BMC 318 - 319laney
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01. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.95 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Sidon mint. Dated RY 18 of Abdalonymos, king of Sidon (316/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ (date) in left field, ΣI below throne. Price 3504; Newell, Dated 50 (obv. die XXVI); DCA 878. Heavily smoothed, cleaning scratches and banker’s mark on reverse. VF.
LordBest
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1701a, Saladin, 1169-1193AYYUBID: Saladin, 1169-1193, AR dirham (2.92g), Halab, AH580, A-788, lovely struck, well-centered & bold, Extremely Fine, Scarce.
His name in Arabic, in full, is SALAH AD-DIN YUSUF IBN AYYUB ("Righteousness of the Faith, Joseph, Son of Job"), also called AL-MALIK AN-NASIR SALAH AD-DIN YUSUF I (b. 1137/38, Tikrit, Mesopotamia--d. March 4, 1193, Damascus), Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and the most famous of Muslim heroes.
In wars against the Christian crusaders, he achieved final success with the disciplined capture of Jerusalem (Oct. 2, 1187), ending its 88-year occupation by the Franks. The great Christian counterattack of the Third Crusade was then stalemated by Saladin's military genius.
Saladin was born into a prominent Kurdish family. On the night of his birth, his father, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, gathered his family and moved to Aleppo, there entering the service of 'Imad ad-Din Zangi ibn Aq Sonqur, the powerful Turkish governor in northern Syria. Growing up in Ba'lbek and Damascus, Saladin was apparently an undistinguished youth, with a greater taste for religious studies than military training.
His formal career began when he joined the staff of his uncle Asad ad-Din Shirkuh, an important military commander under the amir Nureddin, son and successor of Zangi. During three military expeditions led by Shirkuh into Egypt to prevent its falling to the Latin-Christian (Frankish) rulers of the states established by the First Crusade, a complex, three-way struggle developed between Amalric I, the Latin king of Jerusalem, Shawar, the powerful vizier of the Egyptian Fatimid caliph, and Shirkuh. After Shirkuh's death and after ordering Shawar's assassination, Saladin, in 1169 at the age of 31, was appointed both commander of the Syrian troops and vizier of Egypt.
His relatively quick rise to power must be attributed not only to the clannish nepotism of his Kurdish family but also to his own emerging talents. As vizier of Egypt, he received the title king (malik), although he was generally known as the sultan. Saladin's position was further enhanced when, in 1171, he abolished the Shi'i Fatimid caliphate, proclaimed a return to Sunnah in Egypt, and consequently became its sole ruler.
Although he remained for a time theoretically a vassal of Nureddin, that relationship ended with the Syrian emir's death in 1174. Using his rich agricultural possessions in Egypt as a financial base, Saladin soon moved into Syria with a small but strictly disciplined army to claim the regency on behalf of the young son of his former suzerain.
Soon, however, he abandoned this claim, and from 1174 until 1186 he zealously pursued a goal of uniting, under his own standard, all the Muslim territories of Syria, northern Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Egypt.
This he accomplished by skillful diplomacy backed when necessary by the swift and resolute use of military force. Gradually, his reputation grew as a generous and virtuous but firm ruler, devoid of pretense, licentiousness, and cruelty. In contrast to the bitter dissension and intense rivalry that had up to then hampered the Muslims in their resistance to the crusaders, Saladin's singleness of purpose induced them to rearm both physically and spiritually.
Saladin's every act was inspired by an intense and unwavering devotion to the idea of jihad ("holy war")-the Muslim equivalent of the Christian crusade. It was an essential part of his policy to encourage the growth and spread of Muslim religious institutions.
He courted its scholars and preachers, founded colleges and mosques for their use, and commissioned them to write edifying works especially on the jihad itself. Through moral regeneration, which was a genuine part of his own way of life, he tried to re-create in his own realm some of the same zeal and enthusiasm that had proved so valuable to the first generations of Muslims when, five centuries before, they had conquered half the known world.
Saladin also succeeded in turning the military balance of power in his favour-more by uniting and disciplining a great number of unruly forces than by employing new or improved military techniques. When at last, in 1187, he was able to throw his full strength into the struggle with the Latin crusader kingdoms, his armies were their equals. On July 4, 1187, aided by his own military good sense and by a phenomenal lack of it on the part of his enemy, Saladin trapped and destroyed in one blow an exhausted and thirst-crazed army of crusaders at Hattin, near Tiberias in northern Palestine.
So great were the losses in the ranks of the crusaders in this one battle that the Muslims were quickly able to overrun nearly the entire Kingdom of Jerusalem. Acre, Toron, Beirut, Sidon, Nazareth, Caesarea, Nabulus, Jaffa (Yafo), and Ascalon (Ashqelon) fell within three months.
But Saladin's crowning achievement and the most disastrous blow to the whole crusading movement came on Oct. 2, 1187, when Jerusalem, holy to both Muslim and Christian alike, surrendered to the Sultan's army after 88 years in the hands of the Franks. In stark contrast to the city's conquest by the Christians, when blood flowed freely during the barbaric slaughter of its inhabitants, the Muslim reconquest was marked by the civilized and courteous behaviour of Saladin and his troops. His sudden success, which in 1189 saw the crusaders reduced to the occupation of only three cities, was, however, marred by his failure to capture Tyre, an almost impregnable coastal fortress to which the scattered Christian survivors of the recent battles flocked. It was to be the rallying point of the Latin counterattack.
Most probably, Saladin did not anticipate the European reaction to his capture of Jerusalem, an event that deeply shocked the West and to which it responded with a new call for a crusade. In addition to many great nobles and famous knights, this crusade, the third, brought the kings of three countries into the struggle.
The magnitude of the Christian effort and the lasting impression it made on contemporaries gave the name of Saladin, as their gallant and chivalrous enemy, an added lustre that his military victories alone could never confer on him.
The Crusade itself was long and exhausting, and, despite the obvious, though at times impulsive, military genius of Richard I the Lion-Heart, it achieved almost nothing. Therein lies the greatest-but often unrecognized--achievement of Saladin. With tired and unwilling feudal levies, committed to fight only a limited season each year, his indomitable will enabled him to fight the greatest champions of Christendom to a draw. The crusaders retained little more than a precarious foothold on the Levantine coast, and when King Richard set sail from the Orient in October 1192, the battle was over.
Saladin withdrew to his capital at Damascus. Soon, the long campaigning seasons and the endless hours in the saddle caught up with him, and he died. While his relatives were already scrambling for pieces of the empire, his friends found that the most powerful and most generous ruler in the Muslim world had not left enough money to pay for his own grave.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
H.A.R. Gibb, "The Arabic Sources for the Life of Saladin," Speculum, 25:58-72 (1950). C.W. Wilson's English translation of one of the most important Arabic works, The Life of Saladin (1897), was reprinted in 1971. The best biography to date is Stanley Lane-Poole, Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, new ed. (1926, reprinted 1964), although it does not take account of all the sources.Cleisthenes
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198Caracalla 198-217 AD
AR tetradrachm
Sidon
Eagle standing head left with wreath in beak; cart of Astarte below
Prieur 1362mauseus
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218bJulia Soaemias
AE 28mm
Sidon in Phoenicia
IVLIA SEMIA AVGV
Diademed, draped bust right
COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Cart of Astarte
BMC-; Rouvier 1582
Curtis Clay notes that there are no coins of Soaemias of Sidon of any type in the BM or Paris (according to Cohen) although a few examples are known. The HJB photo file contains a coin that is an obverse die duplicate of this coin.mauseus
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3869 PHOENICIA, Sidon. Hadrian, 117 AD Europa on bullReference.
RPC III, 3869/12; Rouvier 1473, BMC 224, Abou Diwan 1535-8
Issue Year 227
Obv. ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΩ ΣΕΒ
laureate head of Hadrian, r., with drapery on l. shoulder
Rev. ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ
Europa on bull galloping r.; in r. field, ZΚΣ
10.14 gr
23 mm
12h
Note.
From the François Righetti Collectionokidoki
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3875 PHOENICIA, Sidon. Hadrian AE 117-18 AD Car of AstarteReference.
RPC III, 3875; BMC Phoenicia (pg. 181), 226; SNG Copenhagen 253; AUB 234
Issue Year 228?
Obv. ΣΙΔΟΝΟ - Σ ΘΕΑΣ (SIDONO-S QEAS)
Laureate head right.
Rev. [HKΣ] or ZΚΣ (date) in exergue.
Car of Astarte: Baetyle within, set on two-wheeled base.
8.65 gr
24 mmokidoki
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3875 PHOENICIA, Sidon. Hadrian AE 117-18 AD Car of AstarteReference.
RPC III, 3875/45; SNG Copenhagen 253; AUB 234; Rouvier 1745, BMC 226-8, Abou Diwan 1678-715
Issue Year 228
Obv. ΣΙΔΟΝΟ - Σ ΘΕΑΣ (SIDONO-S QEAS)
Laureate head right.
Rev. HKΣ
Car of Astarte: Baetyle within, set on two-wheeled base.
11.80 gr
28 mm
12h
Note.
Broad flan for issueokidoki
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Alexander I Balas 150-145 B.C.Alexander I Balas 150-145 B.C. Ae 20mm. 6.05g. Laodicia in Phoenicia (Berytus). Sidon. Obv: Diademed head Alexander I r., diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (curving), Ba'al-Berit (Poseidon) standing facing, holding phiale and trident, dotted border. Mintmarks ΛΑ (l. field) and Φ (r. field) SC1825.1ddwau
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Alexander I Balas. Standing Eagle Tetradrachm of Sidon.Seleukids. Alexander I Balas. 150-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.12 gm, 26.5, 1h) on Phoenician standard of Sidon, 147/6 BC. Diademed head of Alexander I right. / Eagle standing left, palm branch over shoulder & below left, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. СΞΡ (SE 166) to left, ΣΙΔΩ above aphlaston to right. aVF/VF. SC 1830.5; HGC 9 #882; BnF: Babelon Rois #899, de Clercq #133; DCA 122; Houghton CSE I #715 (same obv. die); Rouvier JIAN 5 (Sidon) #1232; SNG Spaer 1521 (same dies).Anaximander
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Alexander III Athena / Nike AV StaterKINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (17.5mm, 8.65 g, 11h). Sidon mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 7 of Abdalonymos (327/6 BC).
O: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, and necklace
R: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; palm frond and date (in Phoenician) to left, ΣI below left wing.
- Price 3482; Newell, Dated 21 (dies –/α [unlisted obv. die]); Rouvier 1171; DCA 867. From the rare, earliest issue of dated Sidon staters.
Abdalonymos was a gardener, but of royal descent, who was made king of Sidon by Alexander the Great in 332 BC. After Alexander the Great had Sidon under siege, he gave permission to Hephaestion to bestow its crown on whom he pleased. Hephaestion offered it to two brothers with whom he lodged, but they thankfully declined it, alleging that according to their local laws, it could only be worn by one of royal blood. Being desired to point out such a person, they named Abdalonymos - the gardener, who, notwithstanding his birth, had fallen into such poverty, that he supported himself by the cultivation of a kitchen garden.
Hephaestion directed the brothers to carry the royal crown and robes to Abdalonymos. They obeyed, and found him weeding in his garden. After causing him to wash, they invested him with the ensigns of royalty, and conducted him to Alexander. This prince, who discerned in him an aspect not unworthy of his origin, turning to those around him and said 'I wish to know how he bore his poverty.'-'Would to heaven,' replied Abdalonymos, 'I may as well bear my prosperity! These hands have ministered to all my necessities; and as I possessed nothing, I wanted nothing'. Alexander was so well pleased with this reply, that he confirmed the nomination of Hephaestion, and gave the new king the palace and private estate of Strato his predecessor, and even augmented his dominions from the neighbouring country.Nemonater
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Alexander III of Macedon AR Tetradrachm ca 310 BCOBV: Head of Herakles with lionskin headdress
REV: Zeus Ateophotos seated left holding eagle and scepter, ALEXANDROY vertical to right of scepter. Obscure date or mintmark under eagle.
The style of the coin strongly suggests the Ake mint (possibly Price 3301 or similar) with bellcovers on the throne legs and the slanted footstool on which Zeus rests his feet. The posture and arrangement of his robes also was typical of Ake tetradrachmae in the decade following Alexander's death in 323 BC. The weight of Ake tetradrachms is almost uniformly 17.1 gm ( Newell: The Dated Alexander Coinage of Sidon and Ake) corresponding exactly to this coin.
Bought at the Baltimore coin show 2010
Diam 26 mm, wt 17.1 gmdaverino
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Alexander III, 336-323 BC; Sidon 333-305 BCAV stater, 8.54g, VF
Head Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΛEΞANΔPOY, winged Nike standing 3/4 to left, holding wreath and stylis; barley corn in right field.
Price 3464; Newell (Dated) 6, pl. 1, #9
Consigned to ForvmLawrence W
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Alexander the great AE unit, Phoenicia, Sidon mint, 333-305 B.C.Obv. Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev. Quiver on bow and club, Legend: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Symbol: ΣΙ (Below)
References: Price 3492
19mm and 8.03 grams.Canaan
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Alexander the great tetradrachmObverse:Head of Alexander as Herakles wearing lions skin
Reverse:Zeus on throne holding eagle;S at left and SI under throne
SIDON
25.31mm 15.74g
PRICE False85 same reverse dies
MODERN STRUCK FAKE
One good fake
I bought it (2005) as original 300euro from not blacklisted seller.maik
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Anonymous, Sidon, Phoenicia, AE24, ΣIΔONOΣ IεPAΣAE24
AE
Greek Imperial: Sidon, Phoenicia
Anonymous
Issued: 116 - 117AD
23.50mm 10.20gr 0h
O: NO LEGEND; Veiled and turreted head of Tyche, right; aplustre behind head.
R: ΣIΔONOΣ IεPAΣ; Cart of Astarte on two wheels, holding baetyl beneath a canopy.
Exergue: ZKS = Date.
Sidon, Phoenicia Mint
VF
BMC 197; SNG Cop 247.
NBS Auctions Web Auction 13, Lot 665.
7/31/22 9/16/22Nicholas Z
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Antiochos IV Epiphanes.SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. Æ. Sidon mint. Struck circa 168-164 BC. Diademed and radiate head right / Europa on bull left. SC 1456; SNG Spaer -; Rouvier 1206.ecoli
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Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos)121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.72 g, 11h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 196 (117/6 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star in extended right hand and scepter in left; to outer left; ΣIΔΩ/IEP/AΣ in three lines above monogram; C9P (date) in exergue. SC 2330.1; CSE 723; HGC 9, 1197g; DCA 268. Near EF, lightly toned. In 121 BCE, a very rare astronomical event occurred in the sky. The moon had eclipsed Jupiter, a significant celestial body of the ancient world. This phenomenon was visible from Antioch, the capital of the then-collapsing Seleucid Empire. Antiochos VIII saw this as a good omen, a harbinger that a great leader would come to Syria, so he struck symbols of the eclipse on the reverse side of Tetradrachms. The crescent above Zeus' head is the moon, and the star hovering above his hand is Jupiter.
ThatParthianGuy
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Antiochos VIII Grypos121/0-97/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.72 g, 11h). Sidon mint. Dated SE 196 (117/6 BC). Diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios standing left, holding star in extended right hand and scepter in left; to outer left; ΣIΔΩ/IEP/AΣ in three lines above monogram; C9P (date) in exergue. SC 2330.1; CSE 723; HGC 9, 1197g; DCA 268.
In 121 BCE, a very rare astronomical event occurred in the sky. The moon had eclipsed Jupiter, a significant celestial body of the ancient world. This phenomenon was visible from Antioch, the capital of the then-collapsing Seleucid Empire. Antiochos VIII saw this as a good omen, a harbinger that a great leader would come to Syria, so he struck symbols of the eclipse on the reverse side of Tetradrachms. The crescent above Zeus' head is the moon, and the star hovering above his hand is Jupiter.ThatParthianGuy
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Antiochos VIII tetradrachmSELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos). 121/0-97/6 BC
29mm, 16.38 g, 12h, Sidon mint. Dated SE 197 (116/5 BC)
obv: diademed head right
rev: Zeus Ouranios standing left; to outer left, ΣIΔΩ/IEP/A and two monograms; IP(retrodrade)P (date) in exergue; all within wreath
SC 2330.2; HGC 9, 1197g
Ex Kricheldorf XXVI (19 February 1973), lot 132, ex CNGareich
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AP MonogramPtolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II, Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C.
10785. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos 714, SNG Cop 506-507, aVF, 14.08g, 26.5mm, 0o, Phoenicia, Sidon mint, obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis, small D behind ear; reverse PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, SI left, AP countermark right; slightly frosty; $125.00
whitetd49
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Ba'Alshillem II - AR 1/16 Shekel Sidon
c. 371-370 BC
galley left, waves below
Beth
king of Persia standing right slaying erect lion with dagger
O ('ayin)
Elayi 2004 851 ff.; HGC 10 240; Betlyon 27 (Abd'astart, Straton I); BMC Phoenicia p 146, 36 (same); SNG Cop 197 ff. (same)
0,7g 9mm
ex NaumannJ. B.
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BCC RGP50 Vespasian Phoenicia Sidon Roman Greek Provincial
Phoenicia Sidon
Autonomous 72/73CE
Under Vespasian
Obv: Bust of Tyche right
star and crscent to right.
Rev: ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ
Galley to left, date above:
ΗΠΡ (188 = 77/78CE)
AE 14.75mm. 3.58gm. Axis:0
poss. ref: RPC II 2055
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1969v-drome
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BCC RGP53 Claudius Sidon, PhoeniciaRoman Provincial
Sidon, Phoenicia
Semi-autonomous
Reign of Claudius 49/50CE
Obv: Head of young Dionysos
left, wreathed with ivy.
Rev: LΞΡ (year 160)
ΣIΔΩNOΣ ΘEAΣ
(Of the goddess Sidon)
Dionysiac cista mystica.
17.5x16.5mm. 5.31gm. Axis:0
BMC 153 Surface find, Caesarea
Maritima, 1976v-drome
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Caesarea Maritima. Trajan Decius. 249-251 CE. Æ 26mm 20gCaesarea Maritima. Trajan Decius. 249-251 CE. Æ 26mm
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Poseidon standing left, foot on prow, holding dolphin and trident. Maritima
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Car of AstartePHOENICIA. Sidon. Severus Alexander. Æ 24. A.D. 222-235. Obv: (IMPCAEMAV)RSE-VALE(XANDR). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark before face. Rev: COLAVR-(RIA-MET)RO, SID in ex. Car of Astarte on two wheels with four columns supporting roof; within spherical object (Baetyl), inverted crescent above, two uncertain figures at base. Ref: BMC 318-319 (var. obv. leg. breaks). Axis: 165°. Weight: 9.26 g. CM: Car of Astarte, in square punch, 4.5 mm. Howgego 396i (53 pcs). Collection Automan.Automan
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Car of AstartePHOENICIA. Sidon. Severus Alexander. Æ 24. A.D. 222-235. Obv: (IMPCA)EMAVRSE-(VALEXANDR). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; countermark behind neck. Rev: COLAVR-RIA-ME(TRO), SID in ex. Car of Astarte on two wheels with four columns supporting roof; within spherical object (Baetyl), two uncertain figures at base. Ref: BMC 318-319 (var. obv. leg. breaks). Axis 360°. Weight: 9.49 g. CM: Car of Astarte, in rectangular punch, 4 x 5 mm. Howgego 396i (53 pcs). Collection Automan.Automan
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Caracalla - SidonAR tetradrachm
215-217 AD
laureate draped and cuirassed bust right from behind
AVT KAI AN_TWNINOC CE
eagle facing, head left, wreath in beak, Europa on bull below
ΔHMAPX__EΞ VΠATOC Δ
Prieur 1357
12,15g 23,5mm
ex LanzJ. B.
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Caracalla - SidonAR Tetradrachm
215-217 AD
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind
AVT KAI AN_TWNINOC CE
eagle facing, head left, wreath in beak, carrige of Astarte below
ΔHMAPX__EΞ VΠATOC Δ
Prieur 1362
13,3g 25,5mm
ex DionysosJ. B.
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Countermark on Elagabalus --AE24, Sidon.Elagabalus --AE24, Sidon. R: Kadmos subduing lion (?) or Artemis w/Lion, Cart of astarte above. BM262. Unknown c/m (featherz)featherz
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Crusaders, Tripoli, Sidon or Other Uncertain Syrian City, 1250 - 1268 . AE - PougeoiseCrusaders, Tripoli, Sidon or Other Uncertain Syrian City, 1250 - 1268 .
AE - Pougeoise . 15mm.
Obverse : Uncertain blundered Arabic legend, cross pommeté, pellets in upper left and lower right quarters.
Reverse : uncertain blundered Arabic legend, six-rayed chrismon pommeté .
CCS 35 .
Very Rare .Vladislav D
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Crusaders, Tripoli, Sidon or Other Uncertain Syrian City, 1250 - 1268 . AE - Pougeoise .Crusaders, Tripoli, Sidon or Other Uncertain Syrian City, 1250 - 1268 .
AE - Pougeoise . 0.63 g
Obverse : Uncertain blundered Arabic legend, cross pommeté, pellets in upper left and lower right quarters.
Reverse : uncertain blundered Arabic legend, six-rayed chrismon
CCS 35 .
Ex Byzantium Coins, Wolfgang Leimenstoll, Gundelfingen, April 2011.
Ex Erich Wäckerlin collection
Ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
Auction 47 lot 67Vladislav D
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Crusaders, Tripoli, Sidon or Other Uncertain Syrian City, 1250 - 1268 . AE - PougeoiseCrusaders, Tripoli, Sidon or Other Uncertain Syrian City, 1250 - 1268 .
AE - Pougeoise . 14-17 mm ; 0,5 g
Obverse : Uncertain blundered Arabic legend, cross pommeté, pellets in upper left and lower right quarters.
Reverse : uncertain blundered Arabic legend, six-rayed chrismon pommeté .
CCS 35 .
Very Rare . Vladislav D
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Crusaders, Tripoli, Sidon or Other Uncertain Syrian City, 1250 - 1268 . AE - Pougeoise Crusaders, Tripoli, Sidon or Other Uncertain Syrian City, 1250 - 1268 .
AE - Pougeoise . 16 mm , 0.53 g
Obverse : uncertain blundered Arabic legend, six-rayed chrismon pommeté .
Reverse : Uncertain blundered Arabic legend, cross pommeté, pellets in upper left and lower right quarters.
CCS 35 .
Very Rare . Vladislav D
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Crusaders. Lordship of Sidon. Balian Grenier (1228-1240), Billon DenierCrusaders. Lordship of Sidon. Balian Grenier (1228-1240), Billon Denier
17 mm , 0.75g
+ D· Є·N·I· Є·R· around cross pattée
+ · D· Є· S· Є· Є·T· Є·, Colonnaded building with cupola.
Metcalf 213-214; CCS 4; Sch V, 8
Rare
Metcalf (pg: 91) suggests that the building shown here was "perhaps a former mosque converted to use as a cathedral church."Vladislav D
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Crusaders. Lordship of Sidon.Mid- to Late Thirteenth Century.AE-PougeoiseCrusaders . Lordship of Sidon.Mid- to Late Thirteenth Century.AE-Pougeoise
0.55 g.
Arrow between pellets.
Six- pointed star with pellets at the ends of the rays.
Metc. p. 90, 5, Schlumb. V, 5, MPS p. 157, 7.
Ex Alex G. Malloy, South Salem, Auction XI, New York, Dec, 8, 1977, lot 485.
Ex Erich Wäckerlin collection
Ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
Auction 47 lot 33
Vladislav D
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Crusaders. Lordship of Sidon.Mid- to Late Thirteenth Century.AE-PougeoiseCrusaders. Lordship of Sidon.Mid- to Late Thirteenth Century.AE-Pougeoise
0.69 g.
Building surmounted by a cross.
Arrow between pellets.
Metc. -, Schlumb. V, 6, MPS p. 156, 6.
Bought from V. C. Vecchi & Sons, London, in Oct. 1977.
Ex Erich Wäckerlin collection
Ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
Auction 47 lot 34
Vladislav D
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Denier of SidonLordship of Sidon, Balian Grenier (1229-40)Billon Denier
0.73gjimbomar
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Dora, Phoenicia, 1st Century A.D.Bronze AE 22, (Rosenberger 19), Weight 10.015g, Max. diameter 21.3mm, Dora mint, 68 - 69 AD; Obv. bearded head of Doros right; Rev. ΔWPEITWN, Astarte, wearing turreted crown, holding standard and cornucopia, AΛP in left field; rare city. Dark brown and desert patina.
EX. Forvm Ancient Coins
Background info, courtesy Forvm Ancient Coins;
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.Steve E
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Dynastia Antoninów 96-192 ADRPC III, 3866
Province Syria
City Sidon
Region Phoenicia
Reign Trajan
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΩ ΚΑΙ
Obverse design laureate head of Trajan, r., with drapery on l. shoulder
Reverse inscription ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΝΑΥΑΡΧΙΔΟΣ (in double arc r.)
Reverse design Cadmus running l. on prow, looking back, pointing forward with his extended r. hand, holding cloak about his waist with his l.; in l. field, L ΖΚΣ
Waldemar S
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EB0085 Herakles / ZeusAlexander III, Sidon?, MACEDONIA, obol, 333-323 BC.
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress.
Reverse: AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre. ΣI in left field.
References: Cf. Price 3475, MULLER 3934.
Diameter: 10mm, Weight: 0.653g.EB
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Elagabalus - Sidon 218-222 AD
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind
IMP CES M A_V ANTONINVS
Europa on bull right seated advancing
A_P
SID COL / METRO
BMC 229.
11,9g 26mm
ex RomaJ. B.
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Elagabalus, Cart of Astarte, SidonObv: Elagabalus IMP C M AV AN-TONINVS AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Cart of Astarte COL AVR PIA METRO, SID in exergue
Sidon 218-222 AD 31mmDaniel J
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GREEK, Phoenicia, Sidon (King Strato I)1/8th Shekel, .7 gm, 10 mm, 370-350 BC, Sear (GC) 5940
Obv: War galley travelling left, propelled by row of oars; shields along bulwarks, standard at stern. I I above (regnal year 2).
Rev: Bearded diety standing right with dagger, about to slay lion which he holds erect before him. 9 O between. All within incuse square.
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GREEK, PHOENICIA, Sidon, Time of Baalshallim I-Ba'ana, c.425-402 BCPHOENICIA, Sidon, Time of Baalshallim I-Ba'ana, (c.B.C. 425-402), silver eighth shekel (0.75 g),
Obv. galley in front of three city towers, lion below.
Rev. King of Persia standing right, drawing bow, incuse head of Bes to left, incuse head of goat or ibex to right.
S.5933, Elayi & Elayi 362-448, Betlyon 9, BMC 14 [p.142].
CNG Electronic Auction 170, Aug. 8, 2007, (lot 122); Noble Sale 105 Lot 4073
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GREEK, Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy II, Alexander in ElephantskinAE25 12.83gm 12h
Ptolemy II ca 270-260BC
Sidon Provincial Mint - Obol
Svoronos 763
Unusually nice condition and portrait style for the Alexander-in-Elephantskin type. Wear ordinarily obscures the Ammon horn which here is visible through the skin headdress. Unusual type that appears to conform to post-260BC weight categories but lacks central depressions, a bit of a conundrum in this type.
PtolemAE
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GREEK, Ptolemaic Egypt, Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra IRare middle-size bronze of the series that has unusual name of Queen Kleopatra I (BASILISES KLEOPATRAS) on the *obverse* in addition to the usual BASILEOS PTOLEMAIOY on the reverse. Svoronos 1381. Full sharp inscriptions, centered. Nice.
Portrait of 'Alexandria' on obverse, open-wing eagle on reverse with PI/A monogram to left.
22mm - 7.114 gram - 12h
Kleopatra I was the daughter of Antiochos III, married off to Ptolemy V at the end of the 5th Syrian war ca 195BC, tying up the turnover and permanent loss of all of Phoenician Ptolemaic territory (Tyre, Sidon, Ake-Ptolemais, etc.) to the Seleukid kingdom. Mother of Ptolemy VI who assumed the throne at age 5 upon the death of Ptolemy V, Kleopatra I was his regent until her death in 176 BC. An unusual series of three sizes of bronze coins (Svoronos 1380, 81, 82) bear her name on the obverse where most Ptolemaic bronzes have no inscription at all. When Antiochos IV attacked Egypt ca. 170 BC and captured Ptolemy VI, ruling for a time with him, it was all in the family. Antiochos IV was the young Egyptian king's uncle, through the earlier marriage of Kleopatra I into the Lagid court of Alexandria. Interesting and historic coin type, unusual layout of inscriptions for a Ptolemaic bronze.
PtolemAE
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Greek, Silver Obol; Sidon mint. Circa 375-332 BCObv: City walls with three towers.
Rev: Prow of galley with eye to right; five pellets above, Lion below.
10mm and 0.9 grams.
Not listed in any known reference!!!Canaan
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HADRIAN AE22, BMC 225 (Phoenicia), EuropaOBV: Laureate head right
REV: Europa riding bull right
8.9g, 22mm
Minted at Sidon, Phoenicia, 117-8 ADLegatus
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Half Shekel, Tyre LA (Year 1)6.43 g Tyre Mint 126/125 BCE
O: Head of Herakles (Melqart)
R: Eagle standing left; ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ "Of Tyre the Holy and City of Refuge." around; Date LA to left; Monogram FP to right.
- DCA Tyre Release 2 Part 2 #720, this coin
BMC Phoenicia page 250 #213 lists one Year 1 half shekel with M monogram. DCA lists this date as R3, the highest rarity rating.
Unique with with FP monogram. Glossy, dark chocolate find patina.
Demetrius II, who twice ruled the Seleucid Kingdom, was the last Greek king to strike silver coins at Tyre (though Seleucid rulers issued silver coins as late as 106 or 105 B.C. at two of Tyre’s close neighbors, Sidon to the north and Ake-Ptolemais to the south). Interestingly, the second reign of Demetrius II, from 129 to 125 B.C., ended with his execution at Tyre after March 125 — the year by which Tyre certainly had introduced its famous shekels.
Before his execution, Demetrius had issued large quantities of tetradrachms and didrachms at Tyre. At about 14 grams, his tetradrachms weighed the same as the shekels that Tyre would strike upon achieving independence from the Seleucids.
Shekels and Half Shekels of Tyre began being issued as autonomous silver coins in 126/125 BCE after gaining freedom from Seleucid domination that year. Although similar in style to the Seleucid coinage, the most obvious change was the King's bust being replaced with the city's chief god Melqart.
They have become highly desired due to their being the money of choice for payments to the Jerusalem Temple. The half shekel was the required yearly tribute to the temple for every Jewish male over the age of 20.
Ed Cohen notes in Dated Coins of Antiquity, that the minting of Tyre shekels or, more specifically, half shekels, ended at the onset of the Jewish Revolt in 65/66 and the minting of the Jewish Revolt shekels then begins. This, along with other compelling evidence, has led many, including me, to believe the later "KP" shekels were struck south of Tyre.Nemonater
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Julia Maesa, PhoeniciaPHOENICIA, Sidon.
Julia Maesa. Augusta, AD 218-224/5.
Æ 23mm (8.47 g).
Draped bust right / Kadmos running left on prow, right hand raised pointing forward, holding sword in sheath in left hand. Rouvier 1591 (reverse described as Aeneas); BMC Phoenicia pg. 194, 296; SNG Copenhagen -; AUB 282.
From The John A. Seeger Collection.- EX-CNG
I love the reverse of this coin!
arizonarobin
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Kings of Macedon, Alexander III The Great, 336-323 BC, AR Tetradrachm - TarsosHead of young Herakles right in lion-skin headdress, paws tied at neck.
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOΥ Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, pellet above A beneath throne.
Price 2997; Newell Tarsos 8 (Newell’s Officina A, obverse die XXIV) pl. III, 6 (same obverse die); Muller 1292.
Tarsos mint 329/328 BC - dies from the Sidon and Tyre engraver.
(25 mm, 17.17 g, 1h).
Harlan J Berk Buy or Bid Sale 184, 7 May 2013, 55.
The dies from which this coin was struck are from the same engraver that cut the obverse dies for the first issues of Sidon and Tyre in the collection. The engraver was transferred to Tarsos from Tyre in 329 BC, thus dating this coin to 329/328 BC – refer Newell Tarsos under Alexander p. 80-81.n.igma
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Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III The Great, 336-323 BC, AR Tetradrachm - Sidon 333/2 BC Head of young Herakles right in lion-skin headdress, paws tied at neck.
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOΥ Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, Phoenician date (letter Alaph) indicating Year 1 (333/2 BC) beneath throne, Phoenician letter Sadhe (the ethnic of Sidon) to left.
Price 3467; Newell Sidon 8, dies -/- (previously unrecorded die set).
The first Alexander tetradrachm emission from Sidon mint 333/2 BC from the first dies used at the mint.
Nominally struck under Abdalonymos 333/2 -312/1 BC.
(23 mm, 17.2 g, 12h).
ex- Munzen Sann.
This is an example of the first Alexander coinage struck at Sidon, dated to Year 1 of his Asian reign, the year in which he defeated the Persian King Darius at the battle of Issos, followed shortly thereafter by the surrender of Sidon. The obverse die from which this coin was struck was transferred to Tyre after the fall of the city and it was used to strike the first of Alexander's coinage in the city. This die transfer/linkage was unknown to Newell and has only come to light in a recently offered specimen from Tyre CNG eAuction 276 lot 92 (incorrectly attributed to Tarsos by CNG). n.igma
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Kings of Macedonia, Alexander III The Great, 336-323 BC, AR Tetradrachm – Sidon 333/2 BC Head of young Herakles right in lion skin headdress, paws tied at neck.
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOΥ Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, Aramaic letter Alaph indicating year 1 (333/2 BC) beneath throne, Phoenician letter Sadhe (the ethnic of Sidon) to left (off flan).
Price 3467 (same dies as 3467c); Newell Sidon 8, dies II/γ. The first Alexander tetradrachm emission from
Sidon mint 333/2 BC.
Nominally struck under Abdalonymos 333/2 -312/11 BC.
(24 mm, 16.39 g, 12h).
This coin is from the first emission of the mint at Sidon struck immediately after the city surrendered to Alexander the Great in December 333. This is a certainty, because it is the dated to Year 1 of Alexander’s conquest of the Persian dominion, the only coinage in his realm to be so dated. Year 1 of Alexander’s reign over the Old Persian Empire followed the defeat of the Persian King Darius at the Battle of Issos in November 333 BC. The Macedonian year commenced in October of our calendar year. Thus the Phoenician date (letter Alaph) of year 1 on this coin represents the period from Alexander’s appearance in the city in late 333 BC until October 332 BC.
Newell and Price catalogued eleven examples of this coin emission from two obverse and three reverse dies. To this can be added the previously unrecorded dies of the previous coin. The obverse die from which this coin was struck, together with the engraver of the die, were transferred to the city of Tyre immediately on conquest of the latter to commence the production of Alexander’s coinage in that city. The following coin is an example of next obverse die engraved at Tyre by the same engraver. The depiction of Herakles by this engraver is very distinctive, to the extent that his handiwork, as documented by Newell, can be used to track the further movement of the engraver from Tyre to the city of Tarsos in 329 BC.n.igma
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Persian Empire, Sidon, Phoenicia, Ba'Alshillem II, c. 401 - 366 B.C.Silver 1/16 shekel, Elayi 2004 851 ff.; Hoover 10 240; Betlyon 27 (Abd'astart, Straton I); BMC Phoenicia p 146, 36 (same); SNG Cop 197 ff. (same), gVF, well struck on a crowded flan, toned, 0.843g, 9.5mm, 0o, Phoenicia, Sidon mint, c. 371 - 370 B.C.; obverse : war galley left, Phoenician letter beth above; reverse : King of Persia (to left) standing right, slaying erect lion to right, Phoenician letter ayin between them.
Sidon, named for the "first-born" of Canaan, the grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:15, 19), is frequently referred to by the prophets (Isaiah 23:2, 4, 12; Jeremiah 25:22; 27:3; 47:4; Ezekiel 27:8; 28:21, 22; 32:30; Joel 3:4). The Sidonians long oppressed Israel (Judges 10:12) but Solomon entered into a matrimonial alliance with them, and thus their form of idolatrous worship found a place in the land of Israel (1 Kings 11:1, 33). Jesus visited the "coasts" of Tyre and Sidon (Matthew 15:21; Mark 7:24) where many came to hear him preach (Mark 3:8; Luke 6:17). After leaving Caesarea, Paul's ship put in at Sidon, before finally sailing for Rome (Acts 27:3, 4).
FORVM Ancient Coins / The Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam
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PhoeniciaSidon. Time of Baalshallim I-Ba’ana. 1/16 Shekel. Galley left before city wall / Persian king shooting bow; incuse head of goat (8mm,0.72g)Andreas G
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Phoenicia , city of Sidon , 87 - 88 A.D., Reign of Domitian.Bronze AE / 2.64 gr.
Obverse ; bust of Tyche right, veil and turreted crown, star over aphlaston right.
Reverse ; HYP/ΣI∆ΩNOΣ/ΘEAΣ, war galley left, AS below.
BMC Phoenicia 183 - 188.
From The Sam Mansourati Collection.Sam
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Phoenicia - SidonAR 1/16 shekel
370-358 BC
O - Galley left
R - King fighting lion, annulet between
BMC 36
mauseus
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Phoenicia Sidon Ba'alshillem II 401-366 BC, 1/32 AR ShekelAncient Greek, Phoenicia Sidon Ba'alshillem II (401-366 BC), 1/32 AR Shekel, .46g, 9mm
Obverse: Galley left above waves "𐤁"=B above, Phoenician script.
Reverse: Persian king standing right slaying a lion standing left "𐤏" between, Phoenician script.
Reference: -
Ex: Aegean Numismatics +photo
Gil-galad
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Phoenicia, Arados127-128 BC
AE 22 mm, 5.08 grams, 0 degrees
O: Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right, S shaped ponytail, palm frond behind
R: Poseidon seated left on prow of galley holding wreath in right hand and trident in left, Athena figurehead (Ἀθηνᾶ Πρόμαχος), Phoenician letters nun (N) and aleph (´) above, Aradian era date 127 or 128 with gimel (G) below.
Ref: Could be Duyrat 2005, P.67 No.2302-2307 or Duyrat 2005, Pg.67-68 No.2308-2351
Notes: VF/F (my grading, not consignor who graded VF). Thanks to Martin for helping to identify this coin, I had it mislabeled. This coins is from either 127 or 128 BC.
Ex-Forum Ancient Coins Lot (part of), Nov 2022Virgil H
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Phoenicia, SidonPhoenicia, Sidon
1st Cent. BC - 1st Cent. AD
AE 15, 2.44g
Cf. BM-171 etc.
Obv: Tyche r. Rx: Galley l.
ex HJBareich
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PHOENICIA, SIDON1st Century BC
AE 19.5 mm 7.95 g
O: Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus right; monogram behind.
R: War-galley left, SIDWNOS/THEAS above galley, Phoenician inscription below galley; date above.
Copenhagen 221v
laney
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PHOENICIA, SIDON1st Century AD
AE 21X23.5 mm, 9.34 g
O: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right
R: SIDWN QEAS IERAS KAI ASOULOU KAI NAUARCIDOS in six lines above and below Galley sailing left
cf BMC 193laney
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PHOENICIA, SIDON57-42 B.C.
struck Civic Year 59 (53/52 BC)
AE 13 mm; 2.40 g
O: Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right
R: Astarte standing left on prow; date in left field.
Sidon; Hoover 293laney
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PHOENICIA, SIDONAutonomous issue, time of Augustus
8-10 BC
AE 19 mm; 5.83 g
O: Tetrastyle temple on high pediment, free standing column on each side
R: Veiled Europa riding bull leftlaney
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PHOENICIA, SIDONAutonomous issue, time of Augustus
8-10 BC
AE 18.5 mm; 5.82 g
O: Tetrastyle temple on high pediment, free standing column on each side
R: Veiled Europa riding bull leftlaney
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PHOENICIA, SIDON 2nd-1st century BC.
Æ 14.5 mm; 3.12 g
O: Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right, within beaded border
R: Astarte standing left, holding wreath and scepter, on prow left
laney
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PHOENICIA, SIDONLate 1st Century BC
AE 15 mm, 3.75 g
O: Turretted, veiled head of Tyche right
R: ΣI∆ΩNOΣ/ΘEAΣ, war galley left, Punic script below
Phoenicia, Sidon mintlaney
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PHOENICIA, SIDON , Abd'Ashtart I , regnal year 3 - 363/2 BCTHIS COIN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A "MODERN FORGERY" IN THIS THREAD: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=96718.0
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE SELLING DEALER, AND THE COIN WILL BE DELETED FROM MY GALLEY ONCE THE RETURN IS FINALIZED.
AR DiShekel, 29 mm, 23.30g
O - War Galley (Phoenician pentekonter) heading left on double-line zig-zag waves; figure standing left at prow with raised hand; Phoenician date III above, Regnal Year 3 (363/2 BC)
R - Persian King and driver in chariot pulled left by horses, King of Sidon following behind wearing Egyptian style garments, holding cultic scepter in right hand and votive vase in left hand; Phoenician word above ('B)
Note: The attached image has the Obverse & Reverse swapped, but the descriptions are correct; Obverse=Galley, Reverse=Chariot.
HGC 10 #242 (p.69); Beyton 23; Elayi 2004, no. 1235-1373. robertpe
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Phoenicia, Sidon, BMC 235Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 27, 11.8g
obv. IMP CM AV ANT - ONINVS AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.
rev. SI - DON / COL MET
Europa, nude to hips, head r., sitting on bull, leaping r., holding with one hand
horn of bull and with the other hand veil, blowing in the wind over her head.
A - P in field
BMC 235
rare, F/about VF
For more informations look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'!
Jochen
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Phoenicia, Sidon, Elagabal, BMC 274-278Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE - AE 29, 19.01g
obv. IM CM AV ANTONINVS AVG
Bust, draped (and cuirassed?), seen from behind, laureate, r.
rev. AVR PIA SID COL METR / AETER BFI (in ex.)
Modius, decorated and two-handled, with three grain-ears
BMC 274-278
rare, about EF, green-brown patina
AETER BFI is short for AETERNVM BENEFICIVM. This rare type records the imperial reward to Sidon regarding the res frumentaria, or grain-supply. Like those other cities which had supported Septimius Severus against Pescennius Niger in 193-194 AD, the new emperor and his immediate cognate successors rewarded them with gifts of grain. According to Rostovtzeff (NC [1900], p. 100), such a gift could be substituted with money; it is to this latter gift, he argues, that our coin refers. This money would go to the local SIWNAI (Lat. frumentarii), officials charged with providing grain for the city (CNG).
Jochen
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Phoenicia, Sidon, Elagabal, SNG Cop. 255Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 30, 20.23g
obv. IMP CAESAR - M AV ANTONINVS
bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate r.
rev. AVR PIA - SID - COL MET
Two-wheeled cult cart of Astarte r., with roof on four columns, two palms emerging from
it; holy stone (baetyl) from Sidon within.
SNG Copenhagen 255
about EF, nice sand-patina
added to www.wildwinds.com
The holy stones (baetyls) were meteorites. Especially in Semitic religions they were worshipped as deities. The most famous was the stone of Emesa, worshipped as the sol god Elagabal, and the Kaaba in Mecca, a pre-islamic sanctuary.
For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'Jochen
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Phoenicia, Sidon, Elagabal, unpublishedElagabal, AD 218-222
AE 28, 12.3g
obv. IMP CM AVR - ANTONINVS AVG
Bust, laureate, r.
rev. [C]OL AVR PI[A] - METRO SID
Prize-table, garlanded, with two price-urns, each decorated
with palm, between them staff composed by Holy Chariot of
Sidon set on palmtree; l. below table five apples(?), r. below
vase and laddle.
very rare, about VF, brown patina with green highlights, unpublished, possibly unique(?)
added to www.wildwinds.com
The geometry of the table reminds on the 'impssible figures' of M.C.Escher or Oscar Reutersvard! Seems to be a double strike!Jochen
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Phoenicia, Sidon, Severus Alexander, BMC 320 var.Severus Alexander, AD 222-235
AE 24, 12.06g, 23.58mm, 0°
obv. [IMP CA]E AVR SE[V] - ALEXA[...]
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear, laureate, r.
rev. COL AVR PIA M - ETRO S[IDO]
Dionysos, nude, wearing boots(?), chlamys over l. shoulder, stg. frontal, head l., resting with raised l.
hand on ribboned thyrsos and holding in outstretched r. hand kantharos; at his feet the panther, in
upper l. field cult car of Astarte
ref. BMC Phoenicia, 198, 320 var., pl. XXV, 9 (Thanks to Vladimir P. and Shanxi!)
F+
BMC 320 has SIDO in ex. and only METR without legend break. The depiction is slightly different.
Jochen
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Phoenicia, Sidon, Trajan, BMC 218Trajan, AD 98-117
AE 24, 8.72g
struck year 227 of Sidonian aera = Ad 116/7
obv. [AVTO NER] TRAIA[NW KAI CE]
bust, laureate, r.
rev. [SIDWNOS NAV] - ARXIDOS
Kadmos, naked to hips, stg. l. on prow, head r., pointing with r. hand l.
l. field LZKS (retrograd for 227)
BMC 218; SNG Copenhagen 252; Lindgren-Kovacs 2329
rare, F+, green-red patina
Missed legends completed according to Sear GIC 1087
For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'Jochen
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PHOENICIA, Sidon. PHOENICIA, Sidon. 1st century BC. Æ. Dated CY 34 (78/7 BC). Jugate busts right of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus / Phoenician pentekonter left; L ΔΛ (date) above. Rouvier 1410; BMC 137; HGC 10, 283; DCA 894.ecoli
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Phoenicia, Sidon. AE16 time of Vespasian.AD 69-79. Dated CY 188 (AD 77/8).
Obv: Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; before, star within crescent.
Rev: SIDWNWN QEAS Q, Galley left, HPR (date) above.
RPC II 2055.ancientone
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Phoenicia, Sidon. AE24 Astarte standing on galleyObv. Turretted, diademed and laureate bust of Tyche right, her hair up around the head and with a veil that covers her neck and shoulders.
Rev. Phoenician galley, with rounded bow left. On the galley, turreted figure of Astarte standing left. The goddess, dressed in a tunic talar, on her left arm has a stylus in cross-form held traverse. Her left hand its resting on the top of a rudder. Above the galley in the left field, the date LK (year 20). Legend: SIDONIWN and underneath 5 phoenician letters.
Rouvier, JIAN 5 (1902), 228-84 (Sidon), no. 1370.ancientone
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Phoenicia, Sidon. AR 1/16 shekel. ca 342-332 BC.Obv: Galley left.
Rev: Persian king standing right, about to slay erect lion whose mane he seizes; Phoenician letters between.ancientone
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Elagabalus AE 26.Obv: Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Car of Astarte on two wheels, four columns supporting roof, above which emerge four palm-branches, Baetyl on base within, inverted crescent above.ancientone
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Severus Alexander AE25Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, IMR CAE M AVR SEV ALEXANDR.
Rev: Car of Astarte on two wheels containing sacred baetyl beneath canopy, COL AVR PIA METRO SID.ancientone
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Severus Alexander Æ26.Obv: IMR (sic) CAE M AVR SEV ALEXANDROS / Laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: COL AVR PIA METR SID / Three standards surmounted with eagles.
26mm., 8.3g.
RPC VI, 8565 (temporary)
ancientone
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Trajan. A.D. 98-117. AE 21Obv: Radiate and draped bust of Trajan right, seen from behind.
Rev: Europa facing, seated "sidesaddle" on bull charging right; her veil blows out above and behind her head; to upper right, ZKΣ (= CY 227 = A.D. 116/7).
RPC III 3867.ancientone
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