Description: Phoenicia, Arados, Trajan (98 - 117 AD). Aradus mint, year 375 = 116/7 AD. Diademed bust of Astarte right, small laureate head of Trajan right / APAΔIΩN; humped bull springing left, head facing; EOT above, Phoenician letter before.

Diameter: AE24 mm

Weight: 9,02 g

Grade: gF/aVF

Attribution: SNG Cop 81; BMC Phoenicia 374

Commentary: brown patina with bronze highlights, well centered, good details

History: Astarte was a Greek name for Semitic godess Ishtar, who was later identified with Cretan Ariadne and Greek Aphrodite.

Article Number: 024-02-02-41652