v57_0226 - SYRIA - ROMAN PROVINCE - AULUS GABINIUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 390.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 451.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 390.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 451.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: c. 57-55 AC.
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan extrêmement large, bien centré des deux côtés. Stemma particulièrement bien visible au droit. Beau portrait de Philippe. Joli revers à l’usure superficielle particulièrement bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Prieur 1 (48 ex.) - RPC.4124
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection JMB
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Philippe Philadelphe à droite, entourée de la stemma (O’).
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus nicéphore assis à gauche sur un trône avec dossier, tenant une Niké de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; monogramme dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ FILIPPOU/ EPIFANOUS/ FILADELFOU, (Basilews Filippou Epifanous Filadelfou).
Reverse translation : (Roi Philippe Epiphane Philadelphe/ monogramme d’Antioche).
Historical background
SYRIA - ROMAN PROVINCE - AULUS GABINIUS
(57-55 BC)
Coinage in the name of Philippe Philadelphe, Seleucid king
Aulus Gabinus began his career under Sulla by fighting Mithridates VI of Pontus. Friend of Pompey, he became a tribune of the plebs in 67 BC. He participated in the fight against the pirates who infested the Mediterranean in Cilicia and Crete and joined Pompey. He was praetor in 61 and consul in 58 BC The following year, he received as proconsulate, the province of Syria with an "imperium infinitum". He also reorganized the province of Judea and was proclaimed "Imperator". In 55 BC, he restored Ptolemy XII Auletes to the throne of Egypt. Accused of the crime of "maiestas", he went into exile. He was killed in 48 BC in Salona (Illyria) fighting in the camp of Caesar.
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