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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Greek Imperial| > |Decapolis, Arabia & Syria| > RY84821
Antioch, Seleukis & Pieria, Syria, 7 - 6 B.C.
|Decapolis,| |Arabia| |&| |Syria|, |Antioch,| |Seleukis| |&| |Pieria,| |Syria,| |7| |-| |6| |B.C.|, The Roman emperors favored Antioch from the first, seeing it as the most suitable capital for the eastern part of the empire. To a certain extent they tried to make it an eastern Rome. Julius Caesar visited it in 47 B.C., and confirmed its freedom. A great temple to Jupiter Capitolinus was built, probably at the insistence of Octavian, and forum of Roman type was laid out.
RY84821. Bronze dichalkon, RPC Online I 4243; McAlee 89; BMC Galatia p. 156, 37; Newell 34; SNG Cop -, F, highlighting earthen deposits, porous, obverse slightly off center, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 4.117g, maximum diameter 17.3mm, die axis 0o, civic issue, time of Augustus, 7 - 6 B.C.; obverse turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right; reverse ANTIOXEΩN MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ AYTONOMOY, Tripod lebes, three short laurel branches vertical above, E - K (year 25 Actian Era) flanking tripod legs in inner field, all in laurel wreath; SOLD




  







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