Zeus Numismatics

Budget Auction 12  –  28 - 29 August 2020

Zeus Numismatics, Budget Auction 12

Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Crusaders, Medieval, Armenian, Islamic Coins and Ant...

Part 1: Fr, 28.08.2020, from 4:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Sa, 29.08.2020, from 4:00 PM CEST
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Description

Phoenicia, Arados (Arwad) AR. Attic standard. Circa 440-420 BC. Marine deity (Ba'al Arwad), comprised of male torso with archaic-style hair and beard, and scaled ketos-like lower body with dorsal fin ending in forked tail, swimming to right, elaborate galley to the right,

This remarkable and highly important coin represents a significant addition to the corpus of the coinage of Arados. Betlyon's 'Third Aradian Series', which he dated to c. 400-380 BC, comprised only fractional silver coinage - namely, tetrobols, diobols and obols.

Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 3.00 gr
Diameter: 12 mm

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Starting price 1 GBP
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