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| Ptolemy II Tetradrachm
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Dutchgulden
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Netherlands
1204 Posts |
 Posted 01/16/2016 09:06 am
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After my Syracuse Dilitron, the tetradrachm of Ptolemy II which I had bought as well arrived! It feels great after earlier purchases of tetradrachms, one from the Ptolemaic dynasty was missing.
Ruler: Ptolemy II 285 - 246 B.C.
State, City: Ptolemaic , Alexandria
Coin: silver Tetradrachm
- Diademed bust right
- Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head left, wings closed, monogram (serif Sigma) over shield in left field, I between legs.
Mint: (277 BC, year 9 (I))
Wt./Size/Axis: 13.42g / 28mm / 12h
References:
Svoronos 574,
SNG Cop 109
I now have the following coins:
1. Alexander the Great Tetradrachm
2. Philip Philadelphos Tetradrachm(Seleudid)
3. Lysimachus Tetradrachm
4. Ptolemy II
So everybody knows which tetradrachm is still missing: one from the successors of Alexander, the Kingdom of Macedon.
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| Syracuse Dilitron
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Dutchgulden
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Netherlands
1204 Posts |
Posted 01/16/2016 06:59 am
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The coin has arrived! After a bath in parafine for conservation it looks great!!
Its actually 27mm, not 26mm like I said before.
Now I'm sure it was a good deal for me, its in a very good condition and very detailed!
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| Phoenician Obol NR 2
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Dutchgulden
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Netherlands
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Posted 01/03/2016 11:06 am
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And here is number 2. I'm not sure yet its from Sidon or Samaria, the reverse description can't be read properly
Ruler: Abd'ashtart I (Strato I)
State, City: Phoenicia, Samaria of Sidon
Coin: Silver AR 1/16 Shekel
- Galley left; above, 'BZ' in Phoenician
- King standing right, slaying lion, which he holds by the mane; O between
Mint: (372-361 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 0.78g / 10mm / -
References:
HGC 10
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| Phoenician Obol NR 1
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Dutchgulden
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Netherlands
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Posted 01/03/2016 11:04 am
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I have bought 2 Phoenician coins last month, just because Phoenicia fascinates me as the founder of Carthage and Bibilical descriptions.
In its time Phoenicia was known as Canaan and is the land referenced in the Hebrew Scriptures to which Moses led the Israelites from Egypt and which Joshua then conquered (according to the biblical books of Exodus and Joshua but uncorroborated by other ancient texts and unsupported by the physical evidence thus far excavated). According to the historian Richard Miles, the people of the land recognized "a shared ethnic identity as Can'nai, inhabitants of the land of Canaan yet, despite a common linguistic, cultural, and religious inheritance, the region was very rarely politically united, with each city operating as a sovereign state ruled over by a king" (26). The city-states of Phoenicia flourished through maritime trade between c. 1500-322 BCE when the major cities were conquered by Alexander the Great.
Phoenician colonization was focused on the western Mediterranean. The probably most prominent and important Phoenician colony is Carthage. From there, Phoenicians set up colonies all along the north African coast and in modern-day Spain. While the Greek colonization was very much concerned with spreading Hellenic culture, the Phoenicians were traders, and more concerned with making money. While many Phoenician colonies disappeared and were taken over by other cultures after the decline of Phoenicia, Carthage outlasted the Phoenician empire. and rose to become an even stronger power in the western Mediterranean, which would eventually bring fear into the citizens of Rome.
Its a tiny but very detailed coin:
State, City: Phoenicia, Arados
Coin: silver Obol
- Laureate head of marine diety right
- Galley right; Phoenician 'AM' above, two waves below
Mint: Arados (BC Circa 380-350)
Wt./Size/Axis: 0.79g / 9.5mm / -
References:
SNG Copenhagen 19
Betlyon 13
BMC Phoenicia pg. 7
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| Syracuse Dilitron
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Dutchgulden
Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
1204 Posts |
Posted 01/01/2016 4:44 pm
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I just saw a Dilitron from Syracuse on eBay which I believe to be the real deal.
Though, I'm not sure so I would like to hear your opinion.
I have already bought it in auction because 245 dollar is an excellent price in this condition in my opinion.
What do you think? Its always a little tricky on eBay allthough bronze coins are more safe..
Under Timoleon.
Sicily, Syracuse. ca 336-317 BC. AE Dilitron. SIEUS E-L-EUQERIOS, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios left / SURA-K-OSIWN, horse prancing left. SNG Cop 725. Calciati 80
17,45 gr
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