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365. PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.37 g, 7h). Contemporary imitation of civic issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, • below throne. For prototype, cf. Price 3365. Good VF, lightly toned. ($300) 366. PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 172/1-111/0 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.09 g, 12h). Dated CY 90 (170/69 BC). Bee; r (date) to left, ∞E to right / Stag standing right; palm tree in background. Duyrat 2657-60 var. (D25/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier 211; HGC 10, 63; DCA 774. Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, graffito (Aramaic G) on reverse. ($300) From a Continental Collection.
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367. PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Baalshillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana. Circa 425-401 BC. AR Half Shekel (20mm, 6.96 g, 12h). Phoenician pentekonter left before city wall with four towers; two lions below / King of Persia standing right, holding up lion by lock of mane; all within incuse square. E&E-S 329 (D25/R34 – this coin); Betlyon 9; Rouvier 1085; HGC 10, –. VF, toned. ($750) From a Continental Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 448 (September 1982), no. 7. HGC 10, 227 references Betlyon 9, but this is incorrect. The HGC coin has a legend on the obverse, a variety not in Betlyon. Betlyon 9 is a completely anepigraphic type, corresponding to E&E-S 312-361, which is missing in HGC.
368. PHOENICIA, Sidon. Abdashtart (Straton) I. Circa 365-352 BC. AR Dishekel (25mm, 24.43 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (353/2 BC). Phoenician pentekonter left; ‹‹‹0 above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot drawn by two horses left; Bo above; behind, attendant standing left. E&E-S 1342 (D31/R38); Betlyon 23 corr. (dates); Rouvier –; HGC 10, 242; DCA 849. VF, toned, some areas of minor roughness. ($1000) From a Continental Collection.
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369. PHOENICIA, Tyre. ‘Ozmilk (Azemilkos). Circa 349-311/0 BC. AR Shekel (20mm, 8.78 g, 1h). Dated RY 11 (339/8 BC). Deity, holding reins and bow, riding hippocamp right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right / Owl standing right, head facing; crook and flail in background; ‹0o in right field. E&E-T 1202-3 (O60/R87); Betlyon 37 var. (date unlisted); Rouvier –; HGC 10, 349; DCA 918; SNG Copenhagen 310 = Weber 8087 (same dies). VF, toned, some die wear on obverse. ($300) From a Continental Collection.
370. PHOENICIA, Tyre. 126/5 BC-AD 65/6. AR Shekel (28mm, 13.96 g, 12h). Dated CY 2 (125/4 BC). Laureate bust of Melkart right, lion skin around neck / Eagle standing left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, l∫ (date) above club; > to right; b between legs. Rouvier 1951 corr. (monogram) = BMC 45; HGC 10, 357; DCA 919. Good VF, toned, area of minor roughness on reverse. ($750) From a Continental Collection.
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