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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     75000476      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Ancient East Region:     PHOENICIA City:     Arados Date Ruled:     Circa 241/0-110/09 BC Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Hemidrachm Weight:     1.83 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     Turreted head of Tyche right Reverse Description:     Prow left; monogram above, Phoenician date below Primary Reference:     cf. Duyrat 1578-1601 Reference2:     cf. Rouvier 121-5 Reference3:     SNG Copenhagen - Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=103384 Grade:     VF, porous Notes:     Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 476 Unique. Hemidrachms with these types are only known at the mint of Arados. The date of this coin places it squarely within this rare Aradian series of dated hemidrachms. The style is also consistent. All of the Aradian coins, however, have a monogram of the ethnic (alpha-rho) above the prow, unlike our coin, which has a gamma-beta (or beta-gamma) monogram above the prow. Thus, the coin may be a heretofore unknown parallel issue at Byblos (also known as Gebal). On the other hand, Byblos was not an active mint during this period. Furthermore, Duyrat does not list any of these hemidrachms between the dates of CY 26 and 42, and the ethnic may have been replaced with a control monogram during this time.

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