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Offline Crassus

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Phoenicia?
« on: September 27, 2022, 11:40:45 am »
Hi friends
I need help to confirm the ID, please? Phoenicia?
15mm - 2,8 grs
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Re: Phoenicia?
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2022, 02:48:49 am »
It looks like a tetrobol from Arados in Phoenicia:
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3349718
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7647772
with the difference that on these tetrobols the head alwas is looking to the right :-\.

But in John Wilson Betlyon, "The Coinage and Mints of Phoenicia - The Pre-Alexandrine Period", Chico, CA. 1982, there is described a single specimen with head to left as number 12. Complemented by the note "This coin is an anomaly, and probably represents a mistake by a disoriented die cutter"  :).

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Re: Phoenicia?
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2022, 08:05:33 am »
Altamura is correct, its a tetrobol minted Arados and the obverse is retorgrade.

I have a similar coin in my collection.

https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/ar-no-begp-t-380-350-m-12-abn/
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