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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2832183, member: 56859&quot;]Today is <b>T</b>day and that means I get to post my favorite Tyrian coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Tyre:</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/berytoselagabalusdido1-jpg.362256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalustyresideview1plain-jpg.387037/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus</b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE29, 13.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Dido building Carthage; she stands to front before the arched gate of the city, looking left, holding a rule and transverse sceptre; above the gate, a mason at work, [below, a man digging with pick]; murex shell in upper field, palm tree to right</p><p>Ref: Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245; Price &amp; Trell 748</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The same reverse from Valerian:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_d70aeb87baa44bd3b226debe33b7acc6.jpg_srb_p_1000_510_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=483530b172e72b1895a1ba7d51905e59" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>and Gordian III:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_5b4732b5219e48bf9cf94974a6098971.jpg_srb_p_1000_508_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=3f5658c80bc913f952f0d800c6399d2e" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_945b23a49d024cd491150c3a7ed03650.jpg_srb_p_1000_506_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=d174caf2058f48493033e64b4233768e" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa</b></p><p>CE 218-224/5</p><p>AE 27, 12.71g (11h)</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p>Rev: TVRIORVM Dido (?) standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, helmsman bending left over rudder (?); to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue</p><p>Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Tarsus:</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_d92213ea5d75472ba1e88381c6bb94f5%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_517%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_d92213ea5d75472ba1e88381c6bb94f5%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=c74d052ecc6b543e120f5fb963d72ae2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>CILICIA, Tarsus. Elagabalus</b></p><p>218-222 CE</p><p>Æ 23mm, 6.91 g, 12h</p><p>Obv: laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Ciliarch crown decorated with seven imperial portraits, ЄΛ, and KOIN monogram; A/MK in center of crown</p><p>Ref: Cf. SNG France 1557 (similar type with five heads on crown); cf. SNG Levante 1079 (same); SNG Copenhagen 374 corr. (obv. legend)</p><p><i>From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 125 (1 July 2002), no. 96</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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