Herakles - PTOLEMY. Coele-Syria. ZEUS.
$12.51
May-23-01
 Coele-Syria. Chalcis. Ptolemy. 85-40 B.C. AE 19 mm. 5.879 grams. Obverse:
 Laureate head of Zeus r. Reverse: Two warriors standing face to face, each
        holding spear; all within laurel-wreath. BMC 5. Very Fine.

  Coele-Syria was a disrict of Southern Syria, bounded by Phoenicia in the
   west and Palestine to the south. Chalcis, situated at the foot of Mt.
    Antilibanon, was the centre of a small kingdom in the first century.