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bgr_848266 - SYRIA - ROMAN PROVINCE - AULUS GABINIUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien

SYRIA - ROMAN PROVINCE - AULUS GABINIUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien AU
780.00 €(Approx. 811.20$ | 647.40£)
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Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: 57-55 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie frappée sur un flan bien centré. Droit de toute beauté, très bien venu à la frappe. De très jolis détails au revers. Patine grise aux légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Philippe Philadelphe à droite, entouré de la stemma.

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus nicéphore assis à gauche sur un trône avec dossier, tenant une Niké de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; monogramme dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ FILIPPOU/ EPIFANOUS/ FILADELFOU

Historical background


SYRIA - ROMAN PROVINCE - AULUS GABINIUS

(57-55 BC)

Coinage in the name of Philippe Philadelphe, Seleucid king

Aulus Gabinus began his career under Sulla by fighting Mithridates VI of Pontus. Friend of Pompey, he became a tribune of the plebs in 67 BC. He participated in the fight against the pirates who infested the Mediterranean in Cilicia and Crete and joined Pompey. He was praetor in 61 and consul in 58 BC The following year, he received as proconsulate, the province of Syria with an "imperium infinitum". He also reorganized the province of Judea and was proclaimed "Imperator". In 55 BC, he restored Ptolemy XII Auletes to the throne of Egypt. Accused of the crime of "maiestas", he went into exile. He was killed in 48 BC in Salona (Illyria) fighting in the camp of Caesar.

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