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geraltttt82 Valued Member United Kingdom 367 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 1:11 pm Any help Bronze about 20,5 mm 5,51 g Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 1:28 pm I agree, likely Phoenicia, perhaps Sidon, Tyche obverse, Astarte standing on galley reverse. Edited by Kamnaskires 06/16/2016 1:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 3:15 pm I agree with Bob, it's from Sidon. Here is a tetradrachm I have from that city. Report this Post to the Staff
geraltttt82 Valued Member United Kingdom 367 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 3:43 pm Something like this one: "Phoenicia, Tyre. 113-112 BC. Bronze AE16. Turreted head of Tyche right / Astarte standing left on galley, date across, TY monogram of Tyre to left, Phoenician inscription below. ref: BMC 248, Sear 5922v. 16 mm, 2.73 g." or: "Phoenicia, Tyre. 15-16 AD. Bronze drachm. Head of Tyche right, palm-branch behind. / Galley left, with prow terminating in volute and aphlastron at stern. Inscription above. ref: BMC Phoenicia 256.. 20 mm, 5.59 g." Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 3:57 pm Here's another Sidon issue: I believe there is a figure standing upon the galley on your coin (enhanced image below), so I lean towards the Astarte issue. Here's another, from Forum, with a portrait that looks a lot like yours: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ca...asp?zpg=7002 Edited by Kamnaskires 06/16/2016 4:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5176 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 7:10 pm Here's my Phoenician with turreted Tyche... I've been told it's from Arados, not Sidon (and the guy selling it to me said it was a 2nd century antoninianus), but the other examples in this thread seem surprisingly similar. [edit: fixed typo] Edited by january1may 06/16/2016 7:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 06/16/2016 7:26 pm Yours is Arados, january1may. The reverse is a galley prow with Athena, as opposed to the full galley with Astarte standing in the center of the Sidon issues. Yours seems very much like these: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ce...Default.aspx https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/at...Default.aspx Report this Post to the Staff
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