Arados

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Events

Created

When	85-84 BC
Where	Qal‘at Arwād

Owned

Who	Heinrich Wefels (-1931)
When	1917-1931

Relation to places

Near East

Keywords

Animal Bronze City Classical antiquity Coin God Hellenistic period Portrait

Description

Front: Büste der Astarte mit Schleier nach r.
Rear: Bulle nach l. Darüber ΚΝ / ΠC, darunter ΠΟΕ / [Μ]Ω. ΠΟΕ für das Jahr 175 nach der Freiheitsära von Arados (ab 259/258 v. Chr.).

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 21 mm
Weight: 5.82 g

Literature

BMC Phoenicia 41 Nr. 333 (Arados, 85-84 v. Chr.).
D. C. Baramki, The coin collection of the American University of Beirut Museum, Palestine and Phoenicia (1974) 123 Nr. 179 (Arados, 85-84 v. Chr).
O. Hoover, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series X (2010) 22 Nr. 80 (Arados, 85-84 v. Chr.).