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Coin of Berytos

Coin of Berytos

Greek

Obv.: Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown, neck draped, palm over shoulder, border of dots. Rev.: Baal-Berit, wearing low kalathos, himation about lower part of body and over l. shoulder, standing l. in car drawn by four hippocamps (on the nearest of which rides a small genius), he holds in r. phiale, in l. trident upright. Around on l. downwards Phoenician inscr. illegible, in field r. monogram, border of dots.

Bronze

Hellenistic period

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