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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2513590, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; here, I&#039;ll go <strike>first</strike> second ... here are a couple of my Phoenician coins</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Phoenicia, Sidon. AE-23</span></b></p><p>Year 227 (AD 116-117)</p><p>Diameter: 23 mm</p><p>Weight: 10.56 grams</p><p>Obverse: Turreted, draped and veiled bust of Tyche right, aphlastron behind, star before</p><p>Reverse: Car of Astarte, baetyl within, date ZKS below</p><p>Reference: BMC Phoenicia, p. 175, 197ff; SNG Cop 247</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]535016[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Phoenicia, Byblos King Uzzibaal AR 1/16 Shekel </span></b></p><p>Date: 365-350 BC</p><p>Size: 11.03 mm</p><p>Weight: 0.76 grams</p><p>Obverse: two hoplites with shields in war galley sailing left (roaring lion’s head on prow), hippocamp swimming left below (N O in field)</p><p>Reverse: Phoenician inscription; Lion attacking bull, left</p><p>Reference: BMC 6</p><p>Other: A nice example with bold detail and near perfect centering which is seldom seen in the issue</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]535018[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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