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Ancient Coinage of Phoenicia, Berytos


SNG Cop 87

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BMC 7 WCNC BERYTUS Roman.AE9,Silenus,BER.VF.Scarce! TextImage
BMC 11cfBerytus, Phoenicia, 1st cen. BC, bronze of 20.8 mm, 6.14 grams. Tyche bust right / Dolphin entwined on trident. TextImage
BMC 13 OLY. Berytus. AE18. Tyche/ Dolphin & Trident TextImage
SNGCop 87Phoenicia, Berytus. Civic Issue. Year 51 (31/30 BC). Æ 23mm. Head of Baal-Berit (Poseidon) right, wearing low kalathos / Nike walking right, holding palm branch. BMC 26. TextImage
SNGCop 89Phoenicia, Berytus AE10. 218-222 AD. Silenos standing left / Prow left. BMC 27-35. TextObvRev
Sear #6022Berytos, Phoenicia, Æ24. Year 53 = 28/27 BC. Laureate head of Poseidon right, dotted border / LGN BHRUTI Poseidon in car drawn left by four hippocamps. RPC 4531, BMC 17-22.
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Augustus
- RPC 4539

Augustus AE13 of Berytos, Phoenicia. Lituus / AVG in dotted border. Rouvier 489.TextImage

- BMC 62

Divus Augustus Æ24 of Berytus, Phoenicia. Time of Nerva or Trajan. DIVOS AVGVSTVS, bare head right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, founder plowing right. Rouvier 500, RPC I Page 648 note.TextObvRev
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Claudius
- SGI 477

Claudius AE23 of Berytus, Phoencia. Bare head left / V VIII, Two standards. TextImage

- AE24

Claudius AE 24 mm of Berytus. His laureate head left / Founder plowing right with two oxen, CEOL above, AVG below. TextImage

- BMC 72

Claudius AE 24 mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. Bare head left / Founder ploughing with oxen right.TextImage

Nerva
- BMC 82

Divus Nerva Æ 24mm of Berytos, Phoenicia. DIVOS NERVA AVGVSTVS, laureate head left / COL IVL FEL BER, Nerva, as priest-founder, plowing with team of oxen right. SNG Copenhagen -.TextImage

- BMC 81

Divus Nerva Æ25 of Phoenicia, Berytus. Struck by Trajan, 98-117 AD. DIVVS NERVA, laureate draped bust right / COL-BER, Neptune standing left, foot on prow,TextImage

- BMC 82

Divus Nerva Æ 27mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. Struck by Trajan, 98-117 AD. DIVOS NERVA AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / AVG.FEL.BER., COL / IVL, founder plowing right. Lindgren I 2258.TextImage

Trajan
- BMC 92

Trajan Æ 28mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. IMP NER TRAINO [PA AVG. . . ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL. IVL, AVG-. FE BER., tetrastyle temple of Astarte, with cultus figure.TextImage

- SNG Copenhagen 95

Trajan Æ 30mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. IMP NER TRAIN CAESAVG GERM PP, laureate head right / COL. /IVL, AVG-. FEL-BER., founder, vieled, plowing right. BMC 84.TextImage

Hadrian
- SNG Copenhagen 99

Hadrian Æ 25mm of Berytos, Phoenicia. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG P, laureate, draped bust right / Legionary aquilae in wreath; COL/BER below. BMC 93.TextImage

Antoninus Pius
- SNG Copenhagen 102

Antoninus Pius Æ 22mm of Berytos, Phoenicia. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP T, laureate & draped bust right / COL-BER, Poseidon standing left, holding dolphin & trident.TextImage

Marcus Aurelius
- BMC 111

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Commodus
- AE21_Lindgren_2262

Commodus AE21 of Berytus, Phoenicia. Radiate bust right / Legionary eagles within a wreath.TextObvRev

- SNG Copenhagen 106

Commodus Æ 23mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. IMP COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, radiate draped bust right / SEC SAEC, Poseidon standing left with trident & dolphin, foot on globe; COL-BER in fields. BMC 115TextImage

- SNG Copenhagen 105

Commodus Æ 28mm of Berytos, Phoenicia. IMP COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / SEC-SAEC, temple of Astarte with cult figure, statue of Nike on column at right; COL-BER in ex. BMC 114.TextImage

Septimius Severus
- BMC 122

Septimius Severus & Caracalla AE23 of Berytus in Phoenicia. Confronted busts of Severus & young Caracalla / tetrastyle temple with stairs, statue of Astarte within, facing, right hand holding standard, left hand holding folds of dress, being crowned by Nike on small column to right.TextImage

- AE24_Lindgren_2264

Septimius Severus & Caracalla Æ 24mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. Laureate and draped confronted busts / Poseidon standing left, holding trident and dolphin. BMC 130.TextImage

- BMC 120

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS & CARACALLA, AS CAESAR . -. Bronze -28mm of Berytos (Beirut) in Phoenicia, minted in c. A.D. 197 (9.66 gm). O: Portrait of Septimius Severus, r. R: Youthful portrait of Caracalla, r.. TextObvRev

Caracalla
- AE19_Lindgren_2266

Caracalla Æ 19mm of Phoenicia, Bertus. Laureate, draped bust right / Founder plowing right.TextImage

- BMC 151

Caracalla Æ 27mm of Berytos, Phoenicia. IMP MAVR SEV ANTON AVG, laureate head right / FEL AVG COL IVL BER, hexastyle temple of Astarte, figure of Nike standing left on column.TextImage

- Prieur 1307

Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Byblos, Phoenicia. Struck 215-217 AD. Laureate head right / DHMAP EX VPAT TO D, eagle standing right on garlanded altar, head left, wreath in beak; K above pellet to right.TextImage

- SGI 2670

Caracalla, billon tetradrachm of Berytus. AVT KAI AN TWNINOC, laureate head right / DHMAPX ET VRATOC TOD, Eagle standing, head left, wreath in beak, prow left between legs. Bell. 282; Prier 1292.TextObvRev
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Macrinus
- SGI 2961

Macrinus AE22 of Phoenicia, Berytus. IMP M OP SE MACRINO AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, tetrastyle temple, statue of Astarte within, being crowned by Victory on column. BMC 161.TextObvRev

Diadumenian
- BMC 170

Diadumenian Æ 29mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple of Astarte.TextImage

Elagabalus
- SNG Copenhagen 121

Elagabalus AE24 of Berytos, Phoenicia. IMP CAES M AVP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate draped & cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, hexstyle temple with peaked roof, Posiedon within holding dolphin and trident.TextImage

- BMC 183

Phoenicia, Berytus. Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Æ 25mm. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Poseidon striding right, holding trident with his left arm while he is grasping the arm of the nymph Beröe who is kneeling left; holding a small amphora with her right hand. L & K 2268.TextImage

- BMC 202

Elagabalus Æ 25mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. Laureate draped & cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple with arched pediment, statue of Marsyas within. SNGCop 117; Lindgren I 2269.TextImage

- SGI 3111

Elagabalus Æ25 of Berytus, Phoenicia, IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG GER BER, Tetrastyle edifice, with central arch surmounted by figure riding right on lion, statue of Selinus standing right on plinth, wine skin over shoulder.TextObvRev

- SNG Copenhagen 117

Elagabalus Æ 26mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. Laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / Marsyas standing right in gateway, wine-sack over shoulder; above, figure riding panther right. BMC 204.TextImage

- SNG Copenhagen 117

Elagabalus AE27 of Berytos, Phoenicia. IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate draped bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, arched gateway with two columns to either side, statue of Marsyas standing on base within holding wineskin, figure above riding lion right.TextImage

Gordian III
- BMC 254

Gordian III Æ 16mm of Berytos, Phoenicia. IMP GORDI-ANVS AVG, laureate, draped bust right / COL/BER, two legionary aquilae.TextImage

- SNG Copenhagen 125

Gordian III Æ 21mm of Berytos, Phoenicia. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left / Dionysus standing left, holding rhyton and thyrsos; at his feet, panther left. BMC 245.TextImage

- BMC 249

Gordian III Æ 22mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Dionysos standing facing with rhyton & thyrsos, panther seated before him.TextImage

- BMC 241v

Gordian III Æ23 of Berytus, Phoenicia. IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I. radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding rhyton & thyrsos, panther at foot.TextObvRev

- BMC 245

Gordian III Æ 23mm of Berytos, Phoenicia. IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL BER, nude Dionysos standing facing, head left with grape arbor & cornucopiae, panther at feet; star to left. Lindgren, AML 2273.TextImage

- AE26

Gordian III Æ26 of Berytus, Phoenicia, period of the 2nd consulship, 241-244 AD, IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II P P Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple.TextObvRev

- SNG Copenhagen 122

Gordian III AE27mm of Bertos, Phoenicia. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG COS II PP, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right / DOL IVL AVG FEL BER, tetrastyle temple of Astarte, large cultus bust at center.TextImage

Valerian I
- BMC 256

Valerian I Æ 30mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. IMP CP LIC VALERIANVS AVG, Laureate draped bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL - BER, Astarte standing front with head right, left foot on prow, holding standard in right hand and aphlastron in left, raising robe. To right Nike on column, crowning her.TextImage

Macrianus
- BMC 165

Macrianus AE24 of Phoenicea, Berytos. Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right / hexstyle temple containing standing figure of Astarte, crowned by Nike.TextImage

Gallienus
- SNG Copenhagen 129

Gallienus Æ 26mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL, lion prowling right; BERV in ex. BMC 272, TextImage

Salonina
- SGI 4692

Salonina Æ29 of Berytus, Phoenicia. CORNELIA SALONINA AVG, diademed draped bust right / COL IVL AVG FEL, BER below, Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow, holding standard & aphlaston, crowned by Victory on column to right. BMC 277.TextImage
See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Berytos
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Entry for Phoenicia, Berytos on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Berytus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
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