Phoenician Medal S.I-II ad. (alt:14 cm)

Description

Reproduction of a Phoenician medallion made in reconstituted marble (marble powder plus binder). Finished with patinas of natural earth ageing.

Height (with base): 14 cm.

Approx. weight: 0,5 kg.

Reproduction of a Phoenician bas-relief found in the excavations of the necropolis of Gibralfaro, Malaga (1st-2nd c. AD). It shows two cobras facing each other emerging from a crescent moon and limited by incisions reminiscent of the solar disc.

The Phoenicians began to establish colonies on the Iberian Peninsula from the 11th century BC onwards. The relations they established with the indigenous peoples of the Peninsula were purely commercial, and they also exerted an important influence on the art of these peoples of the Levant and southern Spain, the Tartessians and Iberians. Many of these Phoenician colonies were dedicated to salted fish factories and the import of goods from the Eastern Mediterranean.