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Marathos, Phoenicia, 112 - 111 B.C.
| Marathos (earlier called Amrit) was an ancient Phoenician city located near Tartus in Syria. Founded in the third millennium B.C. and abandoned at the end of the second century B.C., the city's Phoenician ruins have been preserved in their entirety without extensive remodeling by later generations. One of the most important excavations at Marathos was the Phoenician temple dedicated to the god Melqart of Tyre and Eshmun. The colonnaded temple consists of a large court cut out of rock measuring 47 × 49 metres and over 3 metres deep, surrounded by a covered portico. In the center of the court a well-preserved cube-shaped cella stands. The open-air courtyard was filled with the waters of a local, traditionally sacred spring, a unique feature of this site. The temple dated to the late 4th century B.C., shows Achaemenid influence in its layout and decoration. According to Dutch archaeologist, Peter Akkermans, the temple is the "best-preserved monumental structure from the Phoenician homeland." |  |
GB85949. Bronze AE 20, Duyrat Ateliers 347 - 356; BMC Phoenicia p. 125, 38; Cohen DCA 835; HGC 10 195; cf. SNG Cop 171 (year 146), gVF, well centered on a tight flan, a little rough, Marathos (near Tartus, Syria) mint, weight 5.925g, maximum diameter 19.6mm, die axis 0o, 112 - 111 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse filleted double cornucopia, Phoenician MRTh (Marathos) on left, Phoenician date (year 148) upward on right; SOLD
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