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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3934848, member: 99554"]<img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/27/3/60371.s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>I found this one and the explanation : (translated from French)</p><p>If there were, among the Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms, only one series whose attribution was absolutely certain, it would be that of Sidon. The two symbols used, Europe on the bull and the chariot of Astarté are attested for the city not only by municipal bronzes but by History and mythology.</p><p>Concerning Europe, the representation is that which one finds in all antiquity: the princess, seated on the bull, holds a veil that swells the wind above her head.</p><p>Astarté's chariot is mounted on wheels and contains a betyl. Depending on the corners, the details are more or less clear but the best representations are found on the bronzes.</p><p>Note that the sigma are engraved in C.</p><p>In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, nine copies are now listed, three of which are in museums, two in Paris, ex collection Seyrig and Chandon de Briailles, one at the American Numismatic Society, ex Newell. Our copy, which comes from the sale Amphora 63 (July 01, 1997), n ° 158, is 1360_007. History: After the assassination of Geta, Caracalla ordered the 'damnatio memori و' of his brother. The 'Antoniniana Constitution' was promulgated in 212. All the inhabitants of the Empire became Roman citizens. The following year, he undertook a campaign in Germania and won many victories over the Germans, the Iapyges and the Goths. He received the title of 'Germanicus'. The end of the reign was marked in 215 by the Monetary Reform and the creation of the Antoninian. Caracalla begins a final campaign against the Parthians. He is assassinated after celebrating his vicennalia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3934848, member: 99554"][IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/27/3/60371.s.jpg[/IMG] I found this one and the explanation : (translated from French) If there were, among the Syro-Phoenician tetradrachms, only one series whose attribution was absolutely certain, it would be that of Sidon. The two symbols used, Europe on the bull and the chariot of Astarté are attested for the city not only by municipal bronzes but by History and mythology. Concerning Europe, the representation is that which one finds in all antiquity: the princess, seated on the bull, holds a veil that swells the wind above her head. Astarté's chariot is mounted on wheels and contains a betyl. Depending on the corners, the details are more or less clear but the best representations are found on the bronzes. Note that the sigma are engraved in C. In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, nine copies are now listed, three of which are in museums, two in Paris, ex collection Seyrig and Chandon de Briailles, one at the American Numismatic Society, ex Newell. Our copy, which comes from the sale Amphora 63 (July 01, 1997), n ° 158, is 1360_007. History: After the assassination of Geta, Caracalla ordered the 'damnatio memori و' of his brother. The 'Antoniniana Constitution' was promulgated in 212. All the inhabitants of the Empire became Roman citizens. The following year, he undertook a campaign in Germania and won many victories over the Germans, the Iapyges and the Goths. He received the title of 'Germanicus'. The end of the reign was marked in 215 by the Monetary Reform and the creation of the Antoninian. Caracalla begins a final campaign against the Parthians. He is assassinated after celebrating his vicennalia.[/QUOTE]
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