Roman Provincial Currency -trichalcum - Bronze -syria -seleucia And Pieria

Roman provincial coinage Trichalcum in bronze Syria - Seleucia and Pieria OBVERSE: Veiled, tured and draped bust of Tyche on the right. ANTIOCEWN. REVERSE: Altar (brasero) lit, decorated with a garland; circular gritting. Minted in Antioch between 59 and 180 CE. 5.37g 19mm Autonomous civic coinage Antioch was founded in 300 BC by Seleucus I. It was the capital of the Seleucid kingdom before becoming that of the Roman province of Syria. Syria was annexed by Pompey in 64 BC. Under the Empire, Antioch was one of the most populated cities of the Empire with 200,000 to 300,000 inhabitants. A large metropolis of the Roman East, it was also a city threatened by invasions. Parthians then Sassanids threatened or captured the city. It was Christianized very early like Alexandria. The cosmopolitan city was the end point of all caravans from the East.