EARLY DATED 31BC ANTIOCH ON ORONTES AE18 6.45g CAESAREAN ERA YR 19 RPC4235 RARE

Description: EARLY DATED 31BC ANTIOCH ON THE ORONTES AE18 6.45g CAESAREAN ERA YR 19 ThI RPC4235 DCA396 DCA2-283 R1OBV: HEAD OF ZEUS R WITH NO LEGENDREV: ZEUS SEATED L; ANTIOXEWN MHTPOPiLEWE AYTONOMOY TO EITHER SIDE; DATE ThI BELOW THRONETHIS TYPE WAS MINTED FROM 39 BC TO 17 BC BUT RARELY SHOWS UP ON THE MARKETPLACE IN READABLE CONDITION. THE DATE IS VISIBLE BELOW THE THRONE OF ZEUS; A RARE EARLY DATED GREEK BRONZEFREE SHIPPING NO RETURNS Antioch on the Orontes or Antioch the Great (Antiochia ad Orontem) was an ancient city on the east side of the Orontes River, founded by Seleucus I Nicator. It was located at the conjunction of the Spice Trade routes, the Silk Road and the Persian Royal Road, and its economy grew rapidly. It was considered a ‘free city’, a title that Julius Caesar confirmed in 47 BC. It had a large Jewish population and attracted the earliest missionaries: Barnabas and Paul. This Antioch should not be confused with Antioch in Pisidia, which Paul visited later. The city was referred to as the ‘Cradle of Christianity’. A terrible earthquake in 526 followed by a Sassanian attack 12 years later destroyed the city. It was rebuilt by the Byzantines and conquered by Arabs at the Battle of Iron Bridge in 637 and was renamed Antakiyyah. It found itself on the front line of skirmishes between the Arabs and Byzantines for the next 350 years. The Crusaders conquered the city in 1098, and the city again became a battleground throughout the Crusades until it eventually fell to the Mongols in 1260. The city eventually fell into disuse and then ruins. IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE YEAR 31BC: 723AUC; CONSULSHIP OF ANTONIUS & CAESAR or CAESAR & MESSALLA; AGRIPPA SAILS 300 WAR GALLEYS TO THE GULF OF CORINTH TO CUT OFF ANTONY'S LINE OF COMMUNICATION AND THEN TAKES PETRAE, ANTONYS HEADQUARTERS; OCTAVIAN DEEFEATS ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA AT THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM; OCTAVIAN BUILDS NICOPOLIS; MASADA IS COMPLETED; THE JUDEAN EARTHQUAKE OCCURS; BIRTHS: ARISTOBULUS IV PRINCE OF JUDEA DEATHS: TARCONDIMOTUS I ROMAN CLIENT KING OF CILICIAOTHER COINS DATED 31 BC PER MY RESEARCH (NOTE THAT THE DATE AS IT APPEARS ON THE COIN ALONG WITH DCA2 CATALOG NUMBERS ARE INCLUDED): AMYNTAS AE8 YR 2 14 ALEXANDRIA KLEOPATRA VIII TETRADRACHM RY20 1151AMASTRIA LUC 40 AE21 484 486 ANTIOCH TETRADRACHM CE19 276 APAMEA AE20 SE282 298 AE19 303 AE18 334 AE11 305 AE23 EOA229 711 AE20 712ASKALON AE23 EOA74 1170 BOSPORUS ASANDER AV STATER RY17 515CHALKIS AE19 745LAODIKEA TETRADRACHM CAES 18 328 AE22 338MARATHOS AE21 EOS229 812ORTHOSIA AE20 SE282 819PARTHIAN AUTONOMOUS AE12 SE282 428 PARTHIA SELEUKIA PHRAATES IV SE282 366SIDON TETRADRACHM EOS 81 871 DIDRACHM 873TRIPOLIS AE19 ACT 1 912 TYRE SHEKEL EOT96 946 OVERDATE 31/32 946 1.2 SHEKEL 948

Price: 33 USD

Location: Glendale Heights, Illinois

End Time: 2024-09-23T14:05:31.000Z

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