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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Syria| > RY84646
Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Chalcis ad Belum, Chalcidice, Syria
|Roman| |Syria|, |Trajan,| |25| |January| |98| |-| |8| |or| |9| |August| |117| |A.D.,| |Chalcis| |ad| |Belum,| |Chalcidice,| |Syria|, The Chalcis ad Belum lie north of the modern Syrian village of Al-Iss near Al-Hadir, 25 km southwest of Aleppo on the west bank of the Queiq River (the ancient Belus River). Chalcis was distinguished from its namesake in Macedonia by its river. The river, but not the city, was named for the Semitic god Bel or Ba'al.
RY84646. Bronze AE 26, RPC Online 3461 (8 spec.), Butcher 4a; SNG Munchen 511, SNG Milan 3, BMC Galatia -; SNG Cop -, VF, green patina with red earthen highlighting, well centered on a tight flan, some flatness bust high point, Chalcis ad Belum (Qinnasrin, Syria) mint, weight 14.003g, maximum diameter 25.7mm, die axis 0o, 25 Jan 98 - 8/9 Aug 117 A.D.; obverse AYTOKP KAIC NEP TPAIANOC APICT CE ΓEPM ΔAK ΠAPΘ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse ΦΛ XAΛ/KIΔEWN in two lines, Δ below, all within laurel wreath of eight bunches of leaves tied at the bottom; rare; SOLD











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