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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6609085, member: 99456"]I'll add a tetradrachm with Europa on the reverse. The letter spacing on this coin is not what is seen in Prieur. Sidon is named for King Sidon son of Canaan, mentioned in <a href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=162477714" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=162477714" rel="nofollow">Genesis 10.1-32</a> in the genealogy of Noah after the flood.</p><p><br /></p><p>Adding to the OP story: Europa, daughter of King Agenor of Tyre was taken by Zeus, disguised as a bull, to the shores of the continent of Europe (before it was named). Sidon had a large template dedicated to Europa, built in Phoenician style, with two large columns in front.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sidon was a place of gardens, orchards, and parks. <i>paradeisos</i> derives from a Persian word for a park and is the origin of our word Paradise.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1266546[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Phoenicia, Sidon, Caracalla</b>, AD 198-217, AR Tetradrachm, struck AD 215-217</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AVT KAI ANTωNINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T Δ, Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, Europa on bull, holding billowing veil, to right</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Prieur 1357 (letter spacing different on this coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>It is interesting to see the price history (2004-2021) for the 23 specimens of this type that are labeled as Prieur 1357 in ACSearch (other examples exist). Price X Year</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1266551[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6609085, member: 99456"]I'll add a tetradrachm with Europa on the reverse. The letter spacing on this coin is not what is seen in Prieur. Sidon is named for King Sidon son of Canaan, mentioned in [URL='http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=162477714']Genesis 10.1-32[/URL] in the genealogy of Noah after the flood. Adding to the OP story: Europa, daughter of King Agenor of Tyre was taken by Zeus, disguised as a bull, to the shores of the continent of Europe (before it was named). Sidon had a large template dedicated to Europa, built in Phoenician style, with two large columns in front. Sidon was a place of gardens, orchards, and parks. [I]paradeisos[/I] derives from a Persian word for a park and is the origin of our word Paradise. [ATTACH=full]1266546[/ATTACH] [B]Phoenicia, Sidon, Caracalla[/B], AD 198-217, AR Tetradrachm, struck AD 215-217 [B]Obv:[/B] AVT KAI ANTωNINOC CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [B]Rev:[/B] ΔHMAPX ЄΞ VΠATOC T Δ, Eagle standing facing, head and tail left, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; between legs, Europa on bull, holding billowing veil, to right [B]Ref: [/B]Prieur 1357 (letter spacing different on this coin) It is interesting to see the price history (2004-2021) for the 23 specimens of this type that are labeled as Prieur 1357 in ACSearch (other examples exist). Price X Year [ATTACH=full]1266551[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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