Description: Phoenicia, Simyra, 2nd century BC. Diademed head of Zeus right / Turreted bust of Tyche right, Z behind, all within wreath.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 5,78 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: Lindgren and Kovacs A2138A; CNG 47, 591-592; CNA XI, 181

Commentary: very rare; green patina with some deposits, perfectly centered

History: The organization in city-states, alphabet, extensive seafaring - there is a much in Phoenician civilization what we find in much later classical Greek culture.

Article Number: 011-06-08-41652