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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Syria| > RY16617
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Leucas ad Chrysoroas, Coele Syria
|Roman| |Syria|, |Caracalla,| |28| |January| |198| |-| |8| |April| |217| |A.D.,| |Leucas| |ad| || |Chrysoroas,| |Coele| |Syria|, Baniyas, in northern Syria, 55 km (34 mi) south of Latakia (ancient Laodicea) was founded as Balemia, a Phoenician colony of Aradus. It became an important seaport during during the Hellenistic period, during which it was called Leucas on the Chrysoroas. It was renamed Balanea during the Roman period.
RY16617. Bronze AE 22, Winsemann 1637, BMC Galatia -, SNG Cop -, VF, Leucas ad Chrysoroas (Baniyas, Syria) mint, weight 9.033g, maximum diameter 22.4mm, die axis 180o, 216 - 217 A.D.; obverse [AVT K M A AN-T]WNEINOC CE, laureate head right; reverse [L-E]-V-K, Sol standing in frontal quadriga with split horses, raising right, globe in left hand, ΔNC? date in exergue (off flan); rare; SOLD











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