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PHOENICIA.
Imperial—Tiberius to Gordian. Inscr., APAAIflN. Usual types—Head
of Astarte wearing stephane and veil, before which is the head of the
Emperor smaller in size than that of the goddess, rev. Running bull;
Tyche seated on rudder; Vase between two sphinxes; Cypress-tree
between lion and bull, each accompanied by legionary standard.
Berytus (Beyroutf a coast-town between Byblus and Sidon. Auto-
nomous bronze of Imperial times with Greek inscription, BHPYTIflN,
BHPY, etc.; Heads of Poseidon or of City turreted, rev. Poseidon drawn
by sea-horses, etc. Colonial—Augustus to Salonina, COL. BER., COL.
IVL. BER, COL. IVL. AVG. FEL. BER, COL. IVL. ANT. AVG. FEL.
BER., etc. Types—Ordinary colonial, or relating to the cultus of
Poseidon, Astarte, and Dionysos, whose statues are represented in
their respective temples; Poseidon dragging to himself the un-
willing nymph Beroe (Eckhel, ii. 358). The era of Berytus dates from
e. c. 197.
Botrys, between Byblus and Tripolis. Imperial—Aurelius to Julia
Soaemias. Inscr., BOTPYHNflN. Era begins b. C. 50. Type—Astarte
in temple.
Byblus, a coast-town at the foot of Mount Lebanon, between Botrys
and Berytus, famous as the scene of the myth of Adonis, who was here
worshipped under the name of Thammuz. Isis also was fabled to have
come to Byblus, where she sought and found the chest containing the
corpse of Osiris slain by Typhon. The earliest coins of Byblus are
autonomous silver pieces of the kings of Byblus, Elpaal, Ainel or
Enylus, the contemporary of Alexander the Great, B. C. 333 (Arrian,
ii. 20. 1); Azbaal, and Adramelek, b. c. 315 (?) (Six, Num. Clron., 1877,
p. 182). There are two other kings, Adommelek, (circ. b. c. 300?) and
Jehawmelek (circ. b. c. 280?), but if they struck coins none have yet
been identified.
Phoenician Standard,
Galley manned by three armed men,
with horse’s head as figure-head:
beneath, hippocamp.
Id., but galley with lion’s head (?).
Id.
(De Luynes, Satr., Pl. XV. 45.)
czrc. b. c. 400-315 (?).
Vulture standing on an incuse ram
Al Tetradr. 218 grs, Dr. 54 grs.
(De Luynes, Satrap., Pl. XVI. 46,47.)
Lion devouring a bull, of which the
head is in relief and the body incuse.
Inscr. in Phoenician letters ^ys^X
^□5 (=Elpaal Melek Gebal) . .
JR. 223, 56, 13 and 6 grs.
Lion devouring bull. Inscr. in Phoeni-
cian letters ^35 'frn ^Wy ( = Ainel
Melek Gebal); 5?3J 1% ^y3?y (=
Azbaal Melek Gebal); or ‘’jSonN
^23 ( = Adramelek Melek Gebal)
Al 213 grs. and 13 grs.
PHOENICIA.
Imperial—Tiberius to Gordian. Inscr., APAAIflN. Usual types—Head
of Astarte wearing stephane and veil, before which is the head of the
Emperor smaller in size than that of the goddess, rev. Running bull;
Tyche seated on rudder; Vase between two sphinxes; Cypress-tree
between lion and bull, each accompanied by legionary standard.
Berytus (Beyroutf a coast-town between Byblus and Sidon. Auto-
nomous bronze of Imperial times with Greek inscription, BHPYTIflN,
BHPY, etc.; Heads of Poseidon or of City turreted, rev. Poseidon drawn
by sea-horses, etc. Colonial—Augustus to Salonina, COL. BER., COL.
IVL. BER, COL. IVL. AVG. FEL. BER, COL. IVL. ANT. AVG. FEL.
BER., etc. Types—Ordinary colonial, or relating to the cultus of
Poseidon, Astarte, and Dionysos, whose statues are represented in
their respective temples; Poseidon dragging to himself the un-
willing nymph Beroe (Eckhel, ii. 358). The era of Berytus dates from
e. c. 197.
Botrys, between Byblus and Tripolis. Imperial—Aurelius to Julia
Soaemias. Inscr., BOTPYHNflN. Era begins b. C. 50. Type—Astarte
in temple.
Byblus, a coast-town at the foot of Mount Lebanon, between Botrys
and Berytus, famous as the scene of the myth of Adonis, who was here
worshipped under the name of Thammuz. Isis also was fabled to have
come to Byblus, where she sought and found the chest containing the
corpse of Osiris slain by Typhon. The earliest coins of Byblus are
autonomous silver pieces of the kings of Byblus, Elpaal, Ainel or
Enylus, the contemporary of Alexander the Great, B. C. 333 (Arrian,
ii. 20. 1); Azbaal, and Adramelek, b. c. 315 (?) (Six, Num. Clron., 1877,
p. 182). There are two other kings, Adommelek, (circ. b. c. 300?) and
Jehawmelek (circ. b. c. 280?), but if they struck coins none have yet
been identified.
Phoenician Standard,
Galley manned by three armed men,
with horse’s head as figure-head:
beneath, hippocamp.
Id., but galley with lion’s head (?).
Id.
(De Luynes, Satr., Pl. XV. 45.)
czrc. b. c. 400-315 (?).
Vulture standing on an incuse ram
Al Tetradr. 218 grs, Dr. 54 grs.
(De Luynes, Satrap., Pl. XVI. 46,47.)
Lion devouring a bull, of which the
head is in relief and the body incuse.
Inscr. in Phoenician letters ^ys^X
^□5 (=Elpaal Melek Gebal) . .
JR. 223, 56, 13 and 6 grs.
Lion devouring bull. Inscr. in Phoeni-
cian letters ^35 'frn ^Wy ( = Ainel
Melek Gebal); 5?3J 1% ^y3?y (=
Azbaal Melek Gebal); or ‘’jSonN
^23 ( = Adramelek Melek Gebal)
Al 213 grs. and 13 grs.