Apameia, Syria AE19 (semi-autonomous, post-Seleucid Roman Rep.-Emp.) 40-19 BCE 

• -30 
• Roman Empire 

  + 1

  Seleucid Empire
• AE 19 
• Roman Empire - Augustus to Vitellius (31 B.C.-69) 

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Apameia, Syria AE19 (semi-autonomous, post-Seleucid Roman Rep.-Emp.) 40-19 BCE

Roman Empire, Seleucid Empire

-30

Athena, Goden

7

19

APAMEWN THS IERAS KAI AYTONOMOY B MH

Hoover HGC 9, 1423; RPC I 4335-4344 var.

Obv.: Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. "B" would denote 2, corresponding with 40BC, but unclear in left field, "MH" in exergue. Rev.: Bust of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet Seleucid rule was not entirely over, but the Roman general Lucullus' defeated both Mithridates and Tigranes in 69 BC. A small Seleucid kingdom was restored under Antiochus XIII, but civil wars continued, as another Seleucid, Philip II, contested rule with Antiochus. After the Roman conquest of Pontus, the Romans became increasingly alarmed at the constant source of instability in Syria under the Seleucids. Once Mithridates was defeated by Pompey in 63 BC, Pompey set about the task of remaking the Hellenistic East, by creating new client kingdoms and establishing provinces. While client nations like Armenia and Judea were allowed to continue with some degree of autonomy under local kings, Pompey saw the Seleucids as too troublesome to continue. Doing away with both rival Seleucid princes, he made Syria into a Roman province. However, Rome was also in transition from Republic to Empire, such that some autonomy was still allowed.