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Antioch, Seleucia Pieria, Syria, 51 - 50 B.C.
| The ruins of Antioch on the Orontes lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey. Founded near the end of the 4th century B.C. by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals, Antioch's geographic, military and economic location, particularly the spice trade, the Silk Road, the Persian Royal Road, benefited its occupants, and eventually it rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East and as the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period. Antioch is called "the cradle of Christianity," for the pivotal early role it played in the emergence of the faith. It was one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis. Its residents are known as Antiochenes. Once a great metropolis of half a million people, it declined to insignificance during the Middle Ages because of warfare, repeated earthquakes and a change in trade routes following the Mongol conquests, which then no longer passed through Antioch from the far east. |  |
RP86398. Bronze tetrachalkon, McAlee 41 (Ex. Rare), RPC I 4214, HGC 9 1371, BMC Galatia -, SNG Cop -, SNG Munchen -, Choice VF, well centered, green patina, light scratches and marks, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 7.523g, maximum diameter 22.9mm, die axis 45o, 51 - 50 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse ANTIOXEΩN / THΣ in two downward lines on the right, MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ downward on left, Zeus enthroned left, Nike offering wreath in his extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in his left hand, no control symbol, ΣI (year 16 of the Pompeian era) in exergue; extremely rare year; SOLD
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