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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Phoenicia| > RY94945
Gallienus, August 253 - September 268 A.D., Tyre, Phoenicia
|Roman| |Phoenicia|, |Gallienus,| |August| |253| |-| |September| |268| |A.D.,| |Tyre,| |Phoenicia|, 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.).
RY94945. Bronze dichalkon, Rouvier 2522, Baramki AUB -, BMC Phoenicia -, SNG Cop -, SNG Hunterian -, aF, brown patina, well centered on a tight flan, rough, corrosion, light earthen deposits, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 15.740g, maximum diameter 27.3mm, die axis 180o, Aug 253 - Sep 268 A.D.; obverse IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, from the front; reverse COL TYRO METRO, portable distyle shrine with carrying bars seen in perspective from off front left corner, roof curving to the rear, open front with ornate columns, another smaller shrine within containing a cult statue (baetyl) of Astarte, murex shell below; from the Ray Nouri Collection, only two sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades (one near VF sold for $1100 plus fees); extremely rare; SOLD











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