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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Syria| > RY86401
Antioch, Seleukis and Pieria, Syria, 13 - 14 A.D., The "Star of Bethlehem Coin"
|Roman| |Syria|, |Antioch,| |Seleukis| |and| |Pieria,| |Syria,| |13| |-| |14| |A.D.,| |The| |"Star| |of| |Bethlehem| |Coin"|, Michael Molnar, an astronomer, believes this coin depicts Jupiter's occultation of Aries in 6 B.C., the most probable "Star of Bethlehem."
RY86401. Bronze trichalkon, McAlee 99; RPC I 4269; SNG Cop 98; BMC Galatia p. 159, 65, F, tight flan, deposits, corrosion, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 6.754g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 0o, Legatus Augusti Pro Praetore Silanus, 13 - 14 A.D.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse EΠI ΣIΛANOY ANTIOCEΩN, ram running right, looking back, star above, ΔM (year 44 Actian Era) below; SOLD











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