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Æ20 Poseidon on aphlaston
| Issuer | Arados |
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| Year | 132 BC - 130 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Turreted head of Tyche facing right, wearing a mural crown with multiple battlements, her hair loosely arranged and falling behind the neck. A palm branch is visible in the lower left field. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition, with fine facial detail and a naturalistic profile characteristic of Phoenician civic coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Phoenician |
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Arados — the Phoenician island city of Arwad — maintained remarkable autonomy under Seleucid rule, and its civic bronze issues of this period reflect a local dating era the city had used since 259 BC. The years 132–130 BC fall during the chaotic reign of Antiochus VII Sidetes, when Seleucid authority over Phoenicia was increasingly nominal. Arados exploited that instability to expand its civic coinage program.
BMC 302 and 303 represent consecutive die pairings in the British Museum sequence, suggesting continuous production across a short window rather than two distinct issues.