AR-No.TPGH 149BC,G/AP1-Hemidrachm (XQ)

 

Phoenicia, Arados 111-110 B.C

AR 12.65mm (Thickness 1.56mm), weight 1.57g, die axis = 1h (30 degrees), Hemidrachm.

Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right, palm frond over shoulder, border of dots.

Reverse: Prow of galley left with stem rising forward, BC (Greek), G (gimel – Phoenicia) monogram above, Aradian era date ΘMP (149) below, border of dots.

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Ref: Duyrat 2005, Pg.50 No.1617-1620; SNG Copenhagen.

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