(CAT 227 PT; Fig. 16) Ancient medal from Sidon with Turreted Head of the City surrounded by sea-going Astarte

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Title

(CAT 227 PT; Fig. 16) Ancient medal from Sidon with Turreted Head of the City surrounded by sea-going Astarte

Image Identification

Detail from Melville’s copy of the print of Persian and Greek Medals published in London in 1814, depicting the turreted head of Sidon surrounded by the goddess Astarte on a galley on the left and on a prow on the right, created after 111 B. C. Melville Memorial Room, Berkshire Atheneum.

Source

Courtesy of the Berkshire Athenaeum, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.