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CILICIA. Myriandros. Earlier 4th century BC. Obol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.68 g, 2 h). Dagon, a marine god with the torso of a man, holding a trident in his right hand and a wreath in his left, the coiled body of a fish, and a tail ending in the claws of a scorpion, swimming to left. Rev. BL (in Aramaic) Lion prowling to right, on rocky ground. SNG Levante 181. Cf. SNG Paris 421 = Traite II, 2, 1028 and pl. CXXIII, 7 (a stater with the same types). Rare. An unusual and extremely interesting coin. Rough surfaces, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions.
A stater with the same types was tentatively, but reasonably, ascribed to Gaza in the Traité. However, since Myriandros was a Phoenician port city near the later Alexandretta/İskenderun, the appearance of Dagon on her coins would be reasonable; not only that, coins of this type are actually found in Cilicia rather than in either modern Lebanon or Israel!
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions.
A stater with the same types was tentatively, but reasonably, ascribed to Gaza in the Traité. However, since Myriandros was a Phoenician port city near the later Alexandretta/İskenderun, the appearance of Dagon on her coins would be reasonable; not only that, coins of this type are actually found in Cilicia rather than in either modern Lebanon or Israel!