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bgr_300553 - SYRIA - COELE-SYRIA - CHALKIS UNDER MOUNT LIBANUS Unité

SYRIA - COELE-SYRIA - CHALKIS UNDER MOUNT LIBANUS Unité AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: an 2
Mint name / Town : Chalcis sous le mont Liban,Syrie, Coele-Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Zeus. Jolie représentation du revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1991

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Zeus à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Les Dioscures (Castor et Pollux) debout de face, vêtus militairement, tenant chacun une javeline longue.
Reverse legend : (PTOLEMAIOU/ TETRARXHS/ KAI ARCEIR/LB.
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée tétrarque et grand prêtre/ an 2).

Commentary


Dénomination B. Seule année de frappe.

Historical background


SYRIA - COELE-SYRIA - CHALKIS UNDER MOUNT LIBANUS

(1st century BC.)

The city would have been 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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