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Roman Provincial - Syria: Laodicea ad Mare
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Trajan, AE25, 98-117, Syria-Laodicea ad Mare
AUTOKR NER TRAIANOC
ARICT C
CEB GER DAK PAR
Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
IOULIEwN TwN KAI LAODIKEwN
Turreted, draped bust of Tyche right, monogram in right field
28mm x 29mm, 9.11g
Sear GIC 1080v
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Antoninus Pius, AE24, 138-161, Syria-Laodicea ad Mare
AUTO KA TI AI AD_R [ANTwNeINOC
CEB]
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left, seen from behind
[IOULIEwN] TwN-K_AI LAODIKEwN
Turreted, draped bust of Tyche left
Q in left field, H . P in right field
23mm x 25mm, 11.36g
Sear GIC 1497v
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Antoninus Pius, AE25, City Year 188 (140/141 AD), Syria-Laodicea ad Mare
AUTO KA TI AI AD_R ANTwNeINOC
CEB (beginning from lower right)
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left, seen from behind
IOULIEwN Tw_N KAI LAODIKEwN
Draped bust of Tyche left wearing headdress with city gate and towers
QE in left field, HPR in right field
24mm x 25mm, 10.75g
BMC Galatia, etc. pg. 255, 61 var. (bust right); SNG Copenhagen 350 var.
(same)
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Caracalla, AE18, 195-217, Syria-Laodicea ad Mare
IMP C M AVR-ANTONINVS
Laureate head right
LADI-CEON
Turreted, draped bust of Tyche right in distyle temple
DE in exergue
17mm x 18mm, 2.95g
Lindgren II, 2100
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Caracalla, AE17, 195-217, Syria-Laodicea ad Mare
IMP C M AVR-ANTONINVS
Laureate head right
LADI-CEON
Turreted, draped bust of Tyche right in distyle temple
DE in exergue
17mm, 3.91g
Lindgren II, 2100
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Elagabalus, AE21, 218-222, Syria-Laodicea ad Mare
IMP C M AVR-ANTONINVS-AVG
Laureate head right, seen from behind, divergent laurel ties
D . E / *
Legend in wreath of ten bunches of leaves terminating in rosette
21mm x 25mm, 7.41g
BMC 447-450
Note: On p. 384 of Butcher's "Coinage in Roman Syria", the delta-epsilon series is discussed and specifically excluded, based on
style and obverse legends being consistent with Laodicea versus Antioch.
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