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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Syria| > RY11443
Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Hieropolis, Cyrrhestica, Syria
|Roman| |Syria|, |Philip| |I| |the| |Arab,| |February| |244| |-| |End| |of| |September| |249| |A.D.,| |Hieropolis,| |Cyrrhestica,| |Syria|, Atargatis was the chief goddess of northern Syria in Classical Antiquity. Ctesias also used the name Derceto for her, and the Romans called her Dea Syriae ("Syrian goddess"). Primarily she was a goddess of fertility, but, as the baalat ("mistress") of her city and people, she was also responsible for their protection and well-being. Her chief sanctuary was at Hierapolis, modern Manbij, northeast of Aleppo, Syria.
RY11443. Bronze AE 29, SNG Munchen 484; SNG Cop 63; SNG Righetti 1884 corr. (Philip II); Hunter III p. 140, 32; Lindgren-Kovacs 1925; BMC Galatia -, F, Hieropolis (Manbij, Syria) mint, weight 16.659g, maximum diameter 28.7mm, die axis 180o, Feb 244 - End Sep 249 A.D.; obverse AYTO K K M IOYΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right, seen from behind; reverse ΘEAC C-YPIAC IEPOΠOΛ/ΛITΩN, Atergatis riding lion right, wearing tall headdress, chiton and peplos, scepter in right hand, left hand in lap; rare; SOLD











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