bgr_831345 - OCTAVIAN and ZENODORUS Unité

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Type : Unité

Date: an 282

Mint name / Town : Chalcis sous le mont Liban,Syrie, Coele-Syrie

Metal : copper

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,82 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine foncée granuleuse

Catalogue references :

Laffaille- - Cop.- - GC.- - BMC.7 - HGCS. 9/1454 - RPC.4774

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête nue d’Octave à droite.

Obverse legend : NE| [L BPZ]

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête nue de Zénodore à gauche.

Reverse legend : ZHNODWROU TETRACEI KAI ARCIERWS

Reverse translation : (Zénodore tétrarque et prêtre).

Commentary

C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire de ce type qui semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Sur ce texemplaire, la date n’est pas visible.

Historical background

OCTAVIAN and ZENODORUS

(31-23 BC)

The city of Chalcis under Mount Lebanon was founded by a Seleucid king in memory of Chacis in Euboea. But its foundation remains a mystery. The city could have been founded by Menaios, an Ituraean. Ptolemy (84-40 BC) succeeded Menaios and seized Baalbeck (Heliopolis) and became its high priest. He created a principality for himself and was a turbulent neighbour. He opposed the last Seleucid rulers of Damascus (Antichus XII). After the conquest of Syria, Pompey named him Tetrarch. His son Lysanias succeeded him in 40 BC, but was executed four years later for supporting Matthias Antigone. The territory was then offered to Cleopatra VII of Egypt who offered its management to Zenodoros. After Actium, the latter was maintained first by Octavian before being deposed in favor of Herod the Great in 23 BC. Zenodorus died three years later while preparing to regain power.

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