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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Greek Imperial| > |Decapolis, Arabia & Syria| > RY69599
Antioch, Syria, 41 - 40 B.C., Time of Marc Antony, Labienus and Pacorus
|Decapolis,| |Arabia| |&| |Syria|, |Antioch,| |Syria,| |41| |-| |40| |B.C.,| |Time| |of| |Marc| |Antony,| |Labienus| |and| |Pacorus|, About the time this coin was minted, the Parthians led by Quintus Labienus and Pacorus I attacked Syria, which was under Marc Antony's authority. Quintus Labienus was the son of Caesar's general Titus Labienus. He served under Brutus and Cassius, and after the battle at Philippi fled to Parthia, where he had visited before as an ambassador. After several battles against Antony's governor, Saxa, they occupied the entire province and later Asia Minor and Palestine. In Judea, Pacorus deposed King John Hyrcanus II and appointed his nephew Antigonus as king in his place. Labienus was killed during a Roman counter-attack in 39 B.C. The territory was recovered for Rome. Pacorus retreated to Parthia but died one year later in an attack on a Roman camp.
RY69599. Bronze AE 27, McAlee 56; RPC I 4223; SNG Cop 81; BMC Galatia p. 154, 25; Cohen DCA 382, VF, deep punch on obverse, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 11.991g, maximum diameter 25.1mm, die axis 0o, 41 - 40 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse ANTIOXEΩN MHTPOΠO THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, Zeus seated left, Nike in right, long scepter vertical behind in left, pileus surmounted by star before, date BOΣ (Seleucid Era year 272) in exergue; SOLD










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