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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 26130750, member: 99456&quot;]My latest post on sullacoins.com gets to the bottom of this coin and Tel Dor (Dora) which can be found in modern Israel. </p><p><br /></p><p>Around <b>30 BCE</b>, Mark Antony temporarily gave Dora (along with other Phoenician cities) to Cleopatra VII, but after Augustus’ victory, Dora reverted to Herod and then to direct Roman administration. </p><p><br /></p><p>By the <b>1st century CE</b>, Dora was culturally and administratively part of the Roman Levant. Josephus refers to Caesarea as being midway between Dor and Joppa, reflecting that contemporaries viewed Dora as a Phoenician city.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1667646[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The full story here: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-phoenicia-dor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-phoenicia-dor" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-phoenicia-dor</a></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Post coins of Dora, coins of Trajan, or anything else you find interesting or entertaining. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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