Ancient Phoenician coin

Just bought an ancient phoencian coin which is so small!
it weights: 3.2 g
and size : 14mm


on the obverse: Tyche
Reverse: Prow of war galley left; above indistinct Phoenician letters

Have u seen something like this before?is it common?
Do u collect phoenician coins?share!

What time should the coin be minted?500BC?

 

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Nice pick up! They are fairly common, but still cool coins to have.


stainless

 

I do not have any, but yes I've seen that one before, the Tyche bust obverse, galley prow reverse is fairly common. I think yours is from Aradus. Minted somewhere in the 3rd to 1st century BC. The Phoenicians have some great coins and is an interesting field of study.

 

NVMND acanthite beat me to it


stainless

 

Yep I love the Carthaginian and Phoenician coins. Such history. Here are some of mine 3rd - 4th century BC. Traci :hatch:

 

acanthite thank u for the informations u shared

@ stainless The coin in ur profile picture is stunning! I wish you can share us about it.What is it?

 

Thanks

MACEDON, Neapolis.
Circa 424-350 BC.
AR Hemidrachm
Size/Weight: 14mm, 1.79g, holed
Obverse:Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue
Reverse: Head of nymph right, wearing necklace; N-E-O-Π around; all within circular incuse Attribution:SNG ANS 430-54


I simply love gorgons, and when I saw this portrait, I had to have it. In my opinion, it is one of the best I have seen (the portrait that is).

Unfortunatly, the coin has an obvious giant hole, but it adds historic value to it....plus, it costs less with a hole, which my budget liked .








stainless

 

very cool!

 

Beauty! Nice coin!:bow:

 

Mine is not as cool as Stainless's but it is a wee bit older. Traci :bigeyes:

 

That is a nice type...I was at one point going to collect all 14 variations of the portraits for that type, but I drifted into other things, as usual :whistle:.


stainless

 

Aradus, Phoenicia
AE 14
Aradus, c. 300-200 BC
bust of Tyche r.
prow l. with Phoenician inscription below
BMC 97

 

This is a neat one and one I doubt I could have IDed. What I particularly like is the tapered obverse edges from the blank being cast in a depression as was the practice in many other places (Spain and Egypt come to mind) making the distinctive fabric.

Arados often seems to have neat coins and I'm a sucker for interesting fabric. Perhaps that explains why I liked this c.335 BC Gerostratos stater on an oval flan struck at a die orientation to keep as much of the head and ship as possible on the very odd flan. Someone at the mint was thinking that day.

 

Awesome coin, Doug.

I have some phoenician coins too.

 

Nice Gorgon, stainless

I like them too.

 

This is an interesting Phoenician coin.

It is very similar to the coins of Ionia.
Sear GCV suggests a possible monitary union between the cities.
I haven't read any further sources stating that, though I have been searching.

 

This one is so beautiful and quite large too.

 

Love those Ionian Flies.... Like who would put a fly on a coin ? Well here is mine. Traci

 

reminds me of the story of the spartan who painted a fly on his shield, in battle it would looks like a lion

 

btw, i thought it was a bee on the coin