Phoenicia, Simyra
circa 200-100 BCE
Æ 18mm, 5,91g
Obv: Diademed head of Zeus right.
Rev: Turreted and diademed bust of Tyche right; Z to left; all within wreath.
Lindgren I A2138A; CNG E-322, lot 376; CNG 47, 591-2
Simyra was better known as Sumur and was an ancient Phoenician city located in what is now Syria. Today, it is the archeological site of Tell-Kazel. It was an important trading center.
738 BCE
Simyra occupied by the Assyrian Empire
721 BCE
Simyra rebels against the Assyrian Empire