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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2238011, member: 44132&quot;]I bought this coin from JA at the beginning of this month.&nbsp; It&#039;s a wondrous coin, very thick and hefty for it&#039;s size, with good detail.&nbsp; Many here have posted coins from Arados, but this is my first.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]441111[/ATTACH] </p><p>PHOENICIA ARADOS</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp;&nbsp; Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; in left field, ZOP (date) above Aramaic B above ΘЄ; all within wreath</p><p>Arados CY 177 (83/82 BC)</p><p>14.91g, 27mm</p><p>Duyrat 3536–49; HGC 10, 72; DCA 772; BMC 239</p><p><br /></p><p>A little history of Arados</p><p><br /></p><p>The name Arvad is noted in the Bible as the progenitor of the Arvadites, a Canaanite people.</p><p><br /></p><p>The island was settled in the early 2nd millennium BC by the Phoenicians. Under Phoenician control, it became an independent kingdom called Arvad or Jazirat (the latter term meaning &quot;island&quot;). The Phoenician name for the city was probably (Aynook). The city has been cited as one of the first known examples of a republic in the world, in which the people, rather than a monarch, are described as sovereign. In Greek it was known as <b>Arados</b>. The city also appears in ancient sources as Arpad and Arphad. The city was renamed Antiochia in Pieria by Antiochus I Soter. The island was important as a base for commercial ventures into the Orontes valley. Located some 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Tripolis, it was a barren rock covered with fortifications and houses several stories in height. The island was about 800 m long by 500 m wide, surrounded by a massive wall, and an artificial harbor was constructed on the east toward the mainland. It developed into a trading city in early times, as did most of the Phoenician cities on this coast. It had a powerful navy, and its ships are mentioned in the monuments of Egypt and Assyria. It seems to have had a sort of hegemony over the northern Phoenician cities, from the mouth of the Orontes to the northern limits of Lebanon, something like that of Sidon in the south. It had its own local dynasty and coinage, and some of the names of its kings have been recovered. Its inhabitants are mentioned in the early lists of Genesis (10:18), and Ezekiel (27:8,11) refers to its seamen and soldiers in the service of Tyre.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your coins from Arados[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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