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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7928476, member: 86498&quot;]Sidon Ar Tetradrachm 107-106 BC Obv Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right Rv. Eagle standing wings folded left. HGC 275 13.70 grms 29 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1370464[/ATTACH]With the disintegration of the Seleukid Kingdom many of the cities on the Levantine coast gained their independence and stated minting coins. This is a map I made up showing those cities and when they started with their autonomous coinage[ATTACH=full]1370476[/ATTACH]Not all of these mints used the image of Tyche however many did. What is perhaps just as interesting is that the old Ptolemaic standard survived not only the Seleukid conquest but became the standard for the now independent cities that had at one time owed allegiance to the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Most of these mints still used the Ptolemaic eagle reverse on their coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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