bgr_398767 - SYRIA - SELEUCIA AND PIERIA - LAODICEA Tétradrachme stéphanophore

SYRIA - Seleucia Pieria AND - LAODICEA

(82/81-49/48 BC)

Laodicea was founded by Seleucus I in memory of his mother, was the second port of Antioch. Laodicea was declared a free city in 109/108 BC In 82, she rebelled against the domination of Armenian Tigranes. The new autonomous coinage of the city did not begin until 82/81 BC This type was struck until 49/48 and the coming of Caesar in Syria. The coinage was then numbered from the following year and lasted until 17/16 BC, under Augustus, adopting the new era cesarean.