PHILIP I Gabinius ANTIOCH Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachm Roman Coin NGC i87706

  
Item: i87706 Authentic Ancient Coin of. On the Orontes in Seleukis and Pieria in the types of SELEUCID KINGDOM. Philip I Philadelphus King circa: 95/4-76/5 B.

Silver Tetradrachm 26mm Posthumous issue of Antioch on the Orontes under Roman Administration, Aulus Gabinius, proconsul, ca. Reference: SC 2489.1 Certification: NGC Ancients.

Ch XF 5747154-010 Diademed head of Philip I right; bead-and-reel border. Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, Nike right in right hand, scepter in left; GAB (Gabinius) monogram in inner left field, frozen? I monogram under throne, thunderbolt in exergue, all in laureate border.

Founded by Seleukos I circa 300 B. With Greek and Macedonian settlers brought from the destroyed city of Antigoneia on the Orontes. The city was named after Seleukos' father with the purpose of being a western capital to guard against the northern expansion of the Ptolemaic kingdom. Eventually as many territories were lost, Antioch became the only capital of the Seleukid kingdom. Pompey the Great deposed the last king Antiochos XIII in 64 B.

The Romans then made it a capital of a new Roman province and the seat of the Roman governors. There were temples of Olympian Zeus, Apollo in Daphne, hippodrome (built under the Seleukids and embellished by the Romans) and colonnaded main streets (being a gift from Herod the Great). It was an important center for the arts and learning.

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1. Certification Number: 5747154-010
2. Certification: NGC
3. Grade: Ch XF
4. Year: 57BC
5. Composition: Silver
6. Denomination: Tetradrachm
7. Era: Ancient