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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Syria| > RY87469
Caracalla, 28 January 198 - 8 April 217 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
|Roman| |Syria|, |Caracalla,| |28| |January| |198| |-| |8| |April| |217| |A.D.,| |Antioch,| |Seleucis| |and| |Pieria,| |Syria|, "The two stars are probably the morning and evening stars, which are related to the Dioscuri, who, along with the great god and Allath, the great military goddess, were the chief deities of the Arabic cults. The twin gods were known as Aziz and Monim in Emesa, Abgal and Maan or Maanu and Shaaru in Palmyra, or Arsu (the cameleer god) and Azizu (the god riding a horse)." -- Michel Prier in The Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253
RY87469. Billon tetradrachm, McAlee 673, Prier 212, Bellinger Syrian 12, SNG Cop -, BMC Galatia -, gVF, well centered and struck, nice portrait, toned, light corrosion/porosity, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 11.741g, maximum diameter 26.2mm, die axis 180o, c. 208 - 212, probably 211 - 212 A.D.; obverse •AYT•KAI• - •ANTONEINOC•CE-B•, laureate bust right, bare shoulder from behind; reverse ΔHMAPX•EΞ•YΠATOC•TO•Γ (holder of Tribunitian power, consul for the 3rd time), eagle standing facing, head right, tail right, wings open, wreath in beak, six-pointed stars at sides; SOLD











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