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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2631524, member: 44316&quot;]The Goddess of Syria, Dea Syria, had a lion as a companion, much like the Carthaginian goddess posted by [USER=78656]@Ajax[/USER]:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]579178[/ATTACH]</p><p>28 mm. 14.09 grams. 12:00.</p><p>ΘEAC CVPIAC IEPO-ΠOΛITΩN</p><p>Dea Syria, of Hieropolis</p><p>Philip I (244-249) struck for Hieropolis, Syria. I say &quot;for&quot; Hieropolis (IEPO-ΠOΛITΩN) 2:30-3:30 and continued in the exergue) rather than &quot;at&quot; Hieropolis because it was probably struck at Antioch (Butcher, <i>Coinage in Roman Syria</i>, page 453. His type 64a.)</p><p>Sear Greek Imperial 4144 for Philip II (all legends are the same for Philip I and II, only the portrait makes any distinction, and they can be hard to distinguish).</p><p>Lindgren and Kovacs 1925-6.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen Syria 63 &quot;Hieropolis-Bambyce&quot; (64 is Philip II-look at the two portraits to see how similar coins of Philip I and II can be.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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