weight 0,69gr. ; silver Ø 10mm.

obv. Ba′al seated left, holding corn-ear with bunch of grapes and scepter,
within dotted circle
rev. Forepart of wolf right, crescent pointing upward above, within dotted circle

Laranda (modern Karaman) was one of the most important towns of Lycaonia. In the 6th century BC it came under Achaemenid rule until 322 BC, when it was destroyed by Perdiccas, a former general of Alexander the Great, after he had defeated Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia. It later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. It belonged to the Roman and later Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. Karaman was occupied by Frederick Barbarossa in 1190 and by Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia between 1211 and 1216. In 1256, the town was taken by Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey and was renamed Karaman in his honour. From 1275, Karaman was the capital of the Karamanid beylik.

Ba′al was the title of various Gods of fertility, weather, rain, wind, lightning, seasons, war, patron of sailors and sea-going merchants, leader of the Rephaim (ancestral spirits). In fact Ba′al was a title and honorific meaning ″owner″, ″lord″ in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. In Sumerian EN, the Akkadian Bēlu and Northwest Semitic Ba′al was used as a title of various deities in the Mesopotamian and Semitic pantheons. Only a definitive article, genitive or epithet, or context could establish which particular god was meant. Ba′al was also used as a proper name by the third millennium BC, when he appears in a list of deities at Abu Salabik ( a small Sumerian city around 20 km northwest of the site of ancient Nippur. The Phoenician Ba′al is generally identified with either El or Dagan. Also in Cana′an Ba′al was worshipped under various names, also as El ; the leader of the gods and patron of kingship, who was connected to the regions′ dependence on rainfall for its agriculture. He fought various mythical snake-monsters asthe Yammu (now generally regarded as the prototype of the vision recorded in the 7th chapter of the biblical Book of Daniel), Tannin and Litan. In Cana′an we also know Ba′al as Mot, the Canaanite death god, he was known as Ba′al Rāpi′uma. Also the Hebrean God Jah-Weh was a synonym for Ba′al and means the same; "Lord". So Ba′al was not one God, but a synonym for a range of various Gods in ancient antiquity.

This cointype was formerly attributed to Tarsos (Cilicia).

BMC- (cf. 86) ; SNG.Copenhagen- (cf. 317) ; SNG.von Aulock 8655 ;
SNG.Schweiz (Levante) - (cf. 225) ; SNG.France 450 ; Slg. Klein- (cf. 650) ;
Weber collection- (cf. 7638) ; Göktürk- ; Sear- (cf. 5660) R
vf+

weight 0,45gr. ; silver Ø 10mm.

obv. Ba′al seated left, holding corn-ear with bunch of grapes and scepter,
within dotted circle
rev. Forepart of wolf right, crescent pointing upward above, spearhead below,
within dotted circle

Laranda (modern Karaman) was one of the most important towns of Lycaonia. In the 6th century BC it came under Achaemenid rule until 322 BC, when it was destroyed by Perdiccas, a former general of Alexander the Great, after he had defeated Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia. It later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. It belonged to the Roman and later Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. Karaman was occupied by Frederick Barbarossa in 1190 and by Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia between 1211 and 1216. In 1256, the town was taken by Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey and was renamed Karaman in his honour. From 1275, Karaman was the capital of the Karamanid beylik.

Ba′al was the title of various Gods of fertility, weather, rain, wind, lightning, seasons, war, patron of sailors and sea-going merchants, leader of the Rephaim (ancestral spirits). In fact Ba′al was a title and honorific meaning ″owner″, ″lord″ in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. In Sumerian EN, the Akkadian Bēlu and Northwest Semitic Ba′al was used as a title of various deities in the Mesopotamian and Semitic pantheons. Only a definitive article, genitive or epithet, or context could establish which particular god was meant. Ba′al was also used as a proper name by the third millennium BC, when he appears in a list of deities at Abu Salabik ( a small Sumerian city around 20 km northwest of the site of ancient Nippur. The Phoenician Ba′al is generally identified with either El or Dagan. Also in Cana′an Ba′al was worshipped under various names, also as El ; the leader of the gods and patron of kingship, who was connected to the regions′ dependence on rainfall for its agriculture. He fought various mythical snake-monsters asthe Yammu (now generally regarded as the prototype of the vision recorded in the 7th chapter of the biblical Book of Daniel), Tannin and Litan. In Cana′an we also know Ba′al as Mot, the Canaanite death god, he was known as Ba′al Rāpi′uma. Also the Hebrean God Jah-Weh was a synonym for Ba′al and means the same; "Lord". So Ba′al was not one God, but a synonym for a range of various Gods in ancient antiquity.

This cointype was formerly attributed to Tarsos (Cilicia).

BMC- (cf. 86) ; SNG.Copenhagen- (cf. 317) ; SNG.von Aulock- (cf. 8655) ;
SNG.Schweiz (Levante) 225 ; SNG.France- (cf. 450) ; Slg. Klein- (cf. 650) ;
Weber collection- (cf. 7638) ; Göktürk- ; Sear- (cf.5660)  RR
Very rare variety with spearhead below forepart of wolf.
vf/vf+

weight 0,46gr. ; silver Ø 9mm.

obv. Bearded head of Ba′al right with tainia
rev. Forepart of wolf right, crescent behind

Laranda (modern Karaman) was one of the most important towns of Lycaonia. In the 6th century BC it came under Achaemenid rule until 322 BC, when it was destroyed by Perdiccas, a former general of Alexander the Great, after he had defeated Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia. It later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. It belonged to the Roman and later Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. Karaman was occupied by Frederick Barbarossa in 1190 and by Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia between 1211 and 1216. In 1256, the town was taken by Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey and was renamed Karaman in his honour. From 1275, Karaman was the capital of the Karamanid beylik.

Ba′al was the title of various Gods of fertility, weather, rain, wind, lightning, seasons, war, patron of sailors and sea-going merchants, leader of the Rephaim (ancestral spirits). In fact Ba′al was a title and honorific meaning ″owner″, ″lord″ in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. In Sumerian EN, the Akkadian Bēlu and Northwest Semitic Ba′al was used as a title of various deities in the Mesopotamian and Semitic pantheons. Only a definitive article, genitive or epithet, or context could establish which particular god was meant. Ba′al was also used as a proper name by the third millennium BC, when he appears in a list of deities at Abu Salabik ( a small Sumerian city around 20 km northwest of the site of ancient Nippur. The Phoenician Ba′al is generally identified with either El or Dagan. Also in Cana′an Ba′al was worshipped under various names, also as El ; the leader of the gods and patron of kingship, who was connected to the regions′ dependence on rainfall for its agriculture. He fought various mythical snake-monsters asthe Yammu (now generally regarded as the prototype of the vision recorded in the 7th chapter of the biblical Book of Daniel), Tannin and Litan. In Cana′an we also know Ba′al as Mot, the Canaanite death god, he was known as Ba′al Rāpi′uma. Also the Hebrean God Jah-Weh was a synonym for Ba′al and means the same; "Lord". So Ba′al was not one God, but a synonym for a range of various Gods in ancient antiquity.

This cointype was formerly attributed to Tarsos (Cilicia)

BMC- ; cf. SNG.Copenhagen 319 ; SNG.von Aulock 8656 ;  
SNG.Levante 227 ; SNG.Paris 457 ; cf. Sammlung Klein 652 ;
Göktürk 60 (pl.XXII, 10) ; Sear- R
vf/xf

weight 0,46gr. ; silver Ø 7mm.

obv. Bearded head of Ba′al right
rev. Forepart of wolf right, V (reversed Λ) above

Square cut planchet and quite barbarious style. The date proposed for this coin is that of Göktürk; however, the manufacture of the planchet and the general fabric argues for a much later date.

Laranda (modern Karaman) was one of the most important towns of Lycaonia. In the 6th century BC it came under Achaemenid rule until 322 BC, when it was destroyed by Perdiccas, a former general of Alexander the Great, after he had defeated Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia. It later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. It belonged to the Roman and later Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. Karaman was occupied by Frederick Barbarossa in 1190 and by Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia between 1211 and 1216. In 1256, the town was taken by Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey and was renamed Karaman in his honour. From 1275, Karaman was the capital of the Karamanid beylik.

Ba′al was the title of various Gods of fertility, weather, rain, wind, lightning, seasons, war, patron of sailors and sea-going merchants, leader of the Rephaim (ancestral spirits). In fact Ba′al was a title and honorific meaning ″owner″, ″lord″ in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. In Sumerian EN, the Akkadian Bēlu and Northwest Semitic Ba′al was used as a title of various deities in the Mesopotamian and Semitic pantheons. Only a definitive article, genitive or epithet, or context could establish which particular god was meant. Ba′al was also used as a proper name by the third millennium BC, when he appears in a list of deities at Abu Salabik ( a small Sumerian city around 20 km northwest of the site of ancient Nippur. The Phoenician Ba′al is generally identified with either El or Dagan. Also in Cana′an Ba′al was worshipped under various names, also as El ; the leader of the gods and patron of kingship, who was connected to the regions′ dependence on rainfall for its agriculture. He fought various mythical snake-monsters asthe Yammu (now generally regarded as the prototype of the vision recorded in the 7th chapter of the biblical Book of Daniel), Tannin and Litan. In Cana′an we also know Ba′al as Mot, the Canaanite death god, he was known as Ba′al Rāpi′uma. Also the Hebrean God Jah-Weh was a synonym for Ba′al and means the same; "Lord". So Ba′al was not one God, but a synonym for a range of various Gods in ancient antiquity.

This cointype was formerly attributed to Tarsos (Cilicia).

BMC- ; cf. SNG.Copenhagen 319 ; cf. SNG.von Aulock 8656 ; 
cf. SNG.Levante 227 ; cf. SNG.Paris 457 ; cf. Sammlung Klein 652 ;
Weber collection- ; Göktürk 70-76 (pl.XXIVI, 4-10) ; Sear- R
vf/xf

weight 0,69gr. ; silver Ø 10mm.

obv. Bearded head (Herakles ?) facing within round border of dots
rev. Forepart of wolf right, star above, the whole in slightly incuse circle

Laranda (modern Karaman) was one of the most important towns of Lycaonia. In the 6th century BC it came under Achaemenid rule until 322 BC, when it was destroyed by Perdiccas, a former general of Alexander the Great, after he had defeated Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia. It later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. It belonged to the Roman and later Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. Karaman was occupied by Frederick Barbarossa in 1190 and by Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia between 1211 and 1216. In 1256, the town was taken by Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey and was renamed Karaman in his honour. From 1275, Karaman was the capital of the Karamanid beylik.

This cointype was formerly attributed to Tarsos (Cilicia)

BMC- ; SNG.Copenhagen- ; SNG.von Aulock- ;  SNG.Schweiz (Levante) - ; 
SNG.Paris- ; Slg.Klein- ; Göktürk 66-67 (pl.XXIII, 6 / XXIV, 1) ; Sear- RRR
Minor weakness. Extremely rare.
vf

weight 0,57gr. ; silver Ø 9mm.

obv. Bearded head of Herakles facing, lion′s skin fastened round neck
and with with letter H on left
rev. Forepart of wolf right, star above

Laranda (modern Karaman) was one of the most important towns of Lycaonia. In the 6th century BC it came under Achaemenid rule until 322 BC, when it was destroyed by Perdiccas, a former general of Alexander the Great, after he had defeated Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia. It later became a seat of Isaurian pirates. It belonged to the Roman and later Byzantine Empire until it was captured by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. Karaman was occupied by Frederick Barbarossa in 1190 and by Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia between 1211 and 1216. In 1256, the town was taken by Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey and was renamed Karaman in his honour. From 1275, Karaman was the capital of the Karamanid beylik.

This cointype was formerly attributed to Tarsos (Cilicia)

BMC- ; SNG.Copenhagen- ; SNG.von Aulock- ;  SNG.Schweiz (Levante) - ; 
SNG.Paris- ; Slg.Klein- ; Göktürk 68-69 (pl.XXIV, 2-3) ; Sear-  RRR
Attractive tone. Extremely rare.
vf