E-auction 703-768306 - bgr_831343 - SYRIA - COELE-SYRIA - CHALKIS UNDER MOUNT LIBANUS Unité
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 27 € |
| Maximum bid : | 29 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 October 2026 14:02:40 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: an 2
Mint name / Town : Chalcis sous le mont Liban,Syrie, Coele-Syrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Ptolémée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna debout à gauche, tenant une Niké de la main droite et appuyée de la main gauche sur un bouclier.
Reverse legend : LUSANIOU/ TETRAR KAI ARCIEREWS
Reverse translation : (Lysanias tétrarque et prêtre).
Commentary
C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire de ce type qui semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This is the first time that we offer a example of this type which seems rarer than general works suggest.
This is the first time that we offer a example of this type which seems rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
SYRIA - COELE-SYRIA - CHALKIS UNDER MOUNT LIBANUS
(1st century BC.)
The city would have been founded by a Seleucid king in memory of Chacis in Euboea. But its foundation remains a mystery. The city could have been founded by Menaios, an Ituraean. Ptolemy (84-40 BC) succeeded Menaios and seized Baalbeck (Heliopolis) and became its high priest. He created a principality for himself and was a turbulent neighbour. He opposed the last Seleucid rulers of Damascus (Antichus XII). After the conquest of Syria, Pompey named him Tetrarch. His son Lysanias succeeded him in 40 BC, but was executed four years later for supporting Matthias Antigone. The territory was then offered to Cleopatra VII of Egypt who offered its management to Zenodoros. After Actium, the latter was maintained first by Octavian before being deposed in favor of Herod the Great in 23 BC. Zenodorus died three years later while preparing to regain power.
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