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1 day ago · It was principally a legal tender which circulated only around its locales of production;[3]however, the great Seleucid mint at Antioch during Antiochus III's reign (which Numismatist Arthur Houghton dubs "The Syrian and Coele-Syrian Experiment") began minting bronze coins (weighing 1.25–1.5g) to serve a "regional purpose."
2 days ago · Given her ancestral relations with the Seleucids, she was granted the region of Coele-Syria along the upper Orontes River. She was even given the region surrounding Jericho in Palestine, but she leased this territory back to Herod.
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
- Presumably Cleopatra V Tryphaena
- 51–30 BC (21 years)
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
4 days ago · Following this revelation, which convinced Paul that God had indeed chosen Jesus to be the promised messiah, he went into Arabia—probably Coele-Syria, west of Damascus (Galatians 1:17). He then returned to Damascus, and three years later he went to Jerusalem to become acquainted with the leading apostles there.
4 days ago · Palestine [i] is a geographical region in West Asia. It is usually considered to include modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, though some definitions also include parts of northwestern Jordan. Other historical names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy Land. The first written records referring to Palestine emerged in the 12th-century BCE ...
3 days ago · Syria, country located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea in southwestern Asia. The capital is Damascus. Find a geographical and historical treatment of Syria, including maps, statistics, and a survey of its people, economy, and government, in this article.
May 10, 2024 · The conflict was over the Coele Syria region, which is now part of modern Syria and Lebanon . A few decades later, in 193 BCE, Raphia was where Seleucid princess Cleopatra...
6 days ago · DANABA (Δάναβα, Ptol. 5.15.24), a small town placed by Ptolemy in Palmyrene, a subdivision of his larger district of Coele-Syria. It is mentioned under the name of Danabe in the war between the emperor Julian and the Persians. (Zosim. 3.27. 7.)
