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Erhaltung: ss | Abkürzungen
Katalognummer: Laodikea on the Lykus
Durchmesser: 28,00 mm
weight 10,17gr. | silver Ø 28mm.
obv. Bare head of Hadrianus right, surrounded by the legend
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, all within dotted circle
rev. Zeus Laodikeos, draped to feet, holding eagle in right and long
sceptre in the left, COS on left, III on the right, all within dotted circle
During the Roman period, Laodikea on the Lykus was the chief city of a Roman conventus, which comprised twenty-four cities besides itself. Antiochus the Great (223-187 BC) transported 2.000 Jewish families to Phrygia from Babylonia. Many of Laodikeas inhabitants were Jews, and Cicero records that Flaccus confiscated the considerable sum of 9 kilograms of gold which was being sent annually to Jerusalem for the Temple. With its large Jewish community, very early Laodikea became a seat of Christianity and a bishopric. The Epistle to the Colossians mentions Laodikea as one of the communities of concern for Paul the Apostle. The martyrdom of Lulianos and Paphos is believed to have happened here. The Byzantine writers often mention Laodikea, especially in the time of the Comneni. In 1119, Emperor John the Beautiful and his lead military aid John Axuch captured Laodicea from the Seljuk Turks in the first major military victory of his reign. It was fortified by the emperor Manuel I Comnenus. In 12061230, it was ruled by Manuel Maurozomes. The city was destroyed during the invasions of the Turks and Mongols.
The cistophoric silver tetradrachm had a value of 4 drachms or 3 denarii.
Cohen 275 | RIC 497 | BMC 1066 | SNG.von Aulock 6615
SNG.Copenhagen 448 | Metcalf 56 Sear 3441 R
Attractive toning. Rare.
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