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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Phrygia| > |Apameia Cibotus| > GB92906
Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, c. 133 - 48 B.C.
|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |133| |-| |48| |B.C.|, Rome received Apamea with the Pergamene Kingdom in 133 B.C., but sold it to Mithridates V of Pontus, who held it till 120 BC. After the Mithridatic Wars it became a great center for trade, largely carried on by resident Italians and Jews. Apamea is mentioned in the Talmud (Ber. 62a, Niddah, 30b and Yeb. 115b). By order of Flaccus, nearly 45 kilograms of gold, intended by Jews for the Temple in Jerusalem was confiscated in Apamea in 62 B.C. Christianity was very likely established early in the city, and Saint Paul probably visited the place, for he went throughout Phrygia. The city's decline dates from the local disorganization of the empire in the 3rd century.
GB92906. Bronze AE 22, BMC Phrygia p. 84, 87; SNG Cop 177; SNG Tübingen 2972; SNG Munchen 126; SGCV II 5121; SNGvA -, gVF, excellent style, attractive green patina, earthen deposits, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, weight 8.491g, maximum diameter 21.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 133 - 48 B.C.; obverse head of Zeus right, wearing wreath of oak and laurel leaves; reverse AΠAME - MENEK / ΔIO, cultus-statue of Artemis Anaitis facing, wearing kalathos and veil, taenia hanging from each hand (arm supports); ex Savoca Numismatik auction 32 (14 Apr 2019), lot 125; SOLD











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