Syria
6th century BC to 1st century AD
During the second millennium BC, Syria was occupied successively by Canaanites, Phoenicians, and Arameans. The Phoenicians settled along the coast of Palestine, as well as in the west (Lebanon), which was already known for its towering cedars. Egyptians, Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians and Hittites variously occupied the strategic ground of Syria during this period; the land between their various empires being marsh. Eventually, the Persians took Syria and this dominion was transferred to the Ancient Macedonians after Alexander the Great's conquests and to the Seleucid Empire. The capital of this Empire (founded in 312BC) was situated at Antioch, modern day Antakya just inside the Turkish border. But the Seleucid Empire was essentially just one long slow period of decline, and Pompey the Great captured Antioch in 64BC, turning Syria into a Roman province. Thus control of this region passed to the Romans and then the Byzantines.
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Antioch
35 BC, Autonomous rule
Obvs: No inscription. Laureate head of Zeus right within dotted border.
Revs: ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOπOΛEΩΣ, Zeus seated left holding scepter and Nike. 
AE 20mm, 8.3g
$89.00
Order # G 221
Ref: BMC 20.32
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Antioch
30 BC, Autonomous rule
Obvs: No inscription. Laureate head of Zeus right within dotted border.
Revs: ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOπOΛEΩΣ, Zeus seated left holding scepter and Nike. 
AE 24mm, 12.2g
$45.00
Order # G 223
Ref: BMC 20.33
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