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SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios III Eukairos. 97/6-88/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.28 g, 12h). Damaskos mint. Dated SE 218 (95/4 BC). Diademed head right / Cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; N above monogram to outer left, [HIε (date) and monogram in exergue]; all within wreath. SC 2450.7; HHV 36–40 var. (A6/P– [unlisted rev. die]); LSM 119 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 9, 1305. Dark toning, a little off center on reverse. Near EF. Exceptional detail on cult statue.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 493.
Atargatis, also called Derceto, was a fertility goddess worshipped in different forms at shrines in Syria, Phoenicia, and Judaea. In one of her aspects, seen on this tetradrachm, she appears as a mermaid, with the head and arms of a woman and a scaly fish body. A famous cult statue in Askalon depicted her in this guise. On other coins, however, she appears in a form similar to Tyche as a mural-crowned woman flanked by lions.
From the MNL Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 493.
Atargatis, also called Derceto, was a fertility goddess worshipped in different forms at shrines in Syria, Phoenicia, and Judaea. In one of her aspects, seen on this tetradrachm, she appears as a mermaid, with the head and arms of a woman and a scaly fish body. A famous cult statue in Askalon depicted her in this guise. On other coins, however, she appears in a form similar to Tyche as a mural-crowned woman flanked by lions.