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Ancient Greek Coins of Apameia ad Maeandrum (Apameia Cibotus), Phrygia

Apameia ad Meandrum (or Apamea, Apamea Cibotus, or Apamea Kibotos) was founded in the 3rd century B.C. by Antiochus I Soter, who named it after his mother Apama, and transplanted many Jews there. (Josephus, Ant. xii. 3, § 4). It became a seat of Seleucid power and a center of Graeco-Roman and Graeco-Hebrew civilization. After Antiochus' departure for the East, Apamea lapsed to the Pergamene kingdom and thence to Rome in 133 B.C., but it was sold to Mithridates V of Pontus, who held it till 120 B.C. After the Mithridatic Wars it became and remained a great center for trade, largely carried on by resident Italians and by Jews. On the great road to Cappadocia, and at the center of other roads, Apamea was a place of trade next in importance to Ephesus in the Roman province of Asia. By order of Flaccus, a large amount of Jewish money – nearly 45 kilograms of gold – intended for the Temple in Jerusalem was confiscated in Apamea in the year 62 B.C. Apamea is mentioned in the Talmud (Ber. 62a, Niddah, 30b and Yeb. 115b). Saint Paul probably visited the place when he went throughout Phrygia and Christianity was likely established early. The mid 3d century coins of Apamea with scenes of Noah and his ark are among the earliest biblical scenes in Roman art. Apameia's decline began with the local disorganization of the empire in the 3rd century and when trade routes were diverted to Constantinople. Although a bishopric, it was not important in Byzantine times. Its ruin was completed by an earthquake. Apamea Kibotos

Geta, 209 - c. 26 December 211 A.D., Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia

|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Geta,| |209| |-| |c.| |26| |December| |211| |A.D.,| |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia||AE| |26|
Struck under the authority of Artemas, agonothetes (the organizer of public games). Apamea is mentioned in the Talmud (Ber. 62a, Niddah, 30b and Yeb. 115b). Christianity was very likely established early in the city. Saint Paul probably visited the place when he went throughout Phrygia.
RP112206. Bronze AE 26, SNGvA 3503 var. (rev. leg. arrangement); SNG Cop 217 var. (same); BMC Phrygia p. 100, 174, VF, full legends, nice green deposits, earthen deposits, mild porosity, weight 8.253 g, maximum diameter 26.2 mm, die axis 180o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, as caesar, 198 - 209 A.D.; obverse ΠO CEΠTI ΓETAC KAI, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse EΠI AΓΩNOΘETOV APTEMA AΠA/MEΩN (last four letters in fields), Tyche standing half left, holding rudder by tiller in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; $160.00 (€150.40)
 


Tiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia

|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Tiberius,| |19| |August| |14| |-| |16| |March| |37| |A.D.,| |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia||AE| |19|
Apamea or Apameia, Phrygia (also called Apamea Cibotus, Apamea ad Maeandrum, or Apamea on the Maeander) was an ancient city in Anatolia founded in the 3rd century B.C. by Antiochus I Soter, who named it after his mother Apama. It was in Hellenistic Phrygia, but became part of the Roman province of Pisidia.

This magistrate also struck coins for Livia. That, and the youthful portrait resembling Augustus, indicate this type was struck early in Tiberius' reign, before 19 A.D.
RP111943. Bronze AE 19, RPC Online I 3131 (12 spec.); Imhoof-Blumer KM p. 210, 17; Waddington 5703; BMC Phrygia -, SNGvA -, SNG Cop - , F, uneven strike, black patina, tiny edge split, marks, weight 4.897 g, maximum diameter 18.8 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, 14 - 18 A.D.; obverse ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head right; reverse MAPKOΣ MANNHIOΣ (Marcus Manneius [magistrate]), Athena standing left, helmeted, spear in right hand, round shield on left arm, AΠA-MEΩN divided across field; $90.00 (€84.60)
 


Apameia ad Maeandrum, Phrygia, c. 88 - 40 B.C.

|Apameia| |Cibotus|, |Apameia| |ad| |Maeandrum,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |88| |-| |40| |B.C.||AE| |24|
Rome received Apameia with the Pergamene Kingdom in 133 B.C., but sold it to Mithridates V of Pontus, who held it till 120 BC. After the Mithridatic Wars it became a great center for trade, largely carried on by resident Italians and Jews. By order of Flaccus, nearly 45 kilograms of gold, intended by Jews for the Temple in Jerusalem was confiscated in Apamea in 62 B.C.
GB112967. Bronze AE 24, HGC 7 670; cf. BMC Phrygia p. 77, 37 ff. (various magistrates), aVF, thick green patina, weight 8.340 g, maximum diameter 23.7 mm, die axis 0o, Phrygia, Apameia ad Maeandrum (Dinar, Turkey) mint, c. 88 - 40 B.C.; obverse bust of Athena right, wearing high-crested Corinthian helmet and aegis; reverse eagle alighting right from a basis ornamented with meander pattern, star above, basis flanked on each side by a star above a pileus, AΠAMEΩN above, magistrates name (obscure) below; $80.00 (€75.20)
 







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