ROMAN PROVINCIAL GADARA AUGUSTUS/TYCHE AE17 4.62g DCA2-968 RRR SANDY YELLOW HILI

Description: 31 BC Gadara, AE17 4.62gm LLD = Pompeiian Era Year 34, Augustus/Tyche Ref: DCA2-968 DCA 538, Spijkerman pg 130 #9 RPC 1 4810 ROSENBERG E PALESTINE 37.10, graded VF unusually clear lettering and date, rated R3, Sandy orangish-yellow highlights; purchased from Pharaoh Crypt 2014 LLD GADAPEIS SEBASTO KAIKAPI Tyche Right Augustus rightSTRUCK AND DATED IN THE YEAR THAT OCTAVIAN (AUGUSTUS) FOUGHT ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA AND WON THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM!!Gadara (now Umm Qais) in NW Jordan, overlooks the Sea of Galilee and Mt Hermon. It is associated with the Biblical Gilead and was 1st mentioned as a Hellenistic settlement when Israel was conquered by Antiochus III the Great. The Gadarenes are mentioned in Luke 8:37 and Mark 5. It was the birthplace of Menippos the slave who became a cynic philosopher in the 3rd century BC. It was then conquered by Alexander Jannaeus early in the 1st century BC and was soon destroyed in a war between Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II. Pompey took and rebuilt the city in 63 BC, and became known as Pompeian Gadara. In 30 BC Augustus gave it to Herod the Great, but after he died it became joined with the Province of Syria as an autonomous city with a right to mint its own coins. During the Jewish Revolt of 66 AD, all the youths of Gadara were slain and the town was burned. The town was rebuilt by the Romans. Following the Battle of Yarmouk in 636, the town became Muslim but in 747 it was destroyed by an earthquake and abandoned. Today, the archaeological site is a popular tourist attraction. Important events in the year 31 BC: Consulship of Octavian and Corvinus; Battle of Actium: Octavian defeats Antony & Cleopatra; Fortress of Masada completed; Hellenistic Period endsTHE BATTLE OF ACTIUM TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 2, 31 BC OFF THE WESTERN COAST OF GREECE. OCTAVIAN (AUGUSTUS) WAS VICTORIOUS AGAINST MARK ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA WHICH LED TO THE END OF THE PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM OF EGYPT. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA COMMITED SUICIDE THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

Price: 125 USD

Location: Glendale Heights, Illinois

End Time: 2024-11-25T19:37:03.000Z

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