Description:

Phoenicia, Arados, ca. 171 to 111 BCE. Silver drachm, 3.4 grams, Obverse: Bee; in left field, date; in right field, monogram. Reverse: Stag standing right before palm tree. The goddess Artemis was often depicted as a tree-like body with many breasts flanked by two stags. Her priests were called the King Bee and her virgin priestesses Melissae (Honey Bees). The symbols of her cult became the bee and the stag, depicted here. Size: .675" Diameter (1.7 cm); total weight: 3.4 grams; quality of silver 97.76%

Compare Duyrat 2823-52; HGC 10, 63.

Provenance: ex-Ryan collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, gifted before 1985

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  • Condition: Fine plus. Nicks to edges. Bee is off center. Attractive dark toning.

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