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Phoenicia, Berytos, Tyche with Quadriga of Hippocampi reverse!

Æ; 20mm/4.7gm     Struck ca. 2nd Century BC

Con/ Nicely centered to either side with lovely orange fill. Some roughness, otherwise, about Very Fine.

Obv/ Turreted bust of Tyche right, palm frond over shoulder.

Rev: Ba'al-Berit in cart drawn by four hippocamps; aphlaston and BH to left, monogram to right.

Ref/ Sawaya Series 8, 82-5; HGC 10, 107.

Seller's Note/ In ancient Phoenician, Ba'al translates to "Lord" but as the Phoenicians were a sea-faring people, the complete epithet Ba'al-Berit equaled "Lord of the Seas". And as such, we see him represented in his cart (chariot?) drawn by the quadriga of hippocampi.