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Phoenicia - Marathos 227-226 BC AE AE16 2.9 g 1.66 cm 1.58 cm 1h

obverse: hd Zeus r laureated
reverse: trophy between Phoenician letters r and date numeral (= year 33 = 227/6 BC)
Sear GCV 2 6036
Holleman munten lijst 87 (1991) 25 

Marathos situated in the far north of Phoenicia.
Arch-rival of the island state of Arados.
140 BC Marathos destroyed by Arados
... BC refounded by Arados