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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4593472, member: 99554"]Since my two favorite hobbies are coin collecting and astronomy, I'm always trying to share my spare times equally between them. But sometimes the opportunity presents itself to join the 2 together. In war-torn <b>Syria</b>, a white trail streaked the night sky above the ruins of the deserted city of Ariha, devastated by violence.</p><p><img src="https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/547e99b0-b857-11ea-b40c-cb508f439563_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&x=0&y=0&w=0&h=0&width=1936" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The appearance on Saturday before dawn of the Milky Way, a rare phenomenon that occurs especially in summer by moonless sky, created a striking contrast between sky and earth, immortalized by an AFP photographer through long exposure photos.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/4691fea0-b857-11ea-b40c-cb508f439563_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&x=0&y=0&w=1200&h=800&width=1200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Beneath this vast cloud of stars, the skeletons of buildings, the rubble, the gutted facades and roofs seem all the more appalling.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/349ee9c0-b847-11ea-b40c-cb508f439563_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&x=0&y=0&w=1200&h=1500&width=1200" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The conflict in Syria, sparked in 2011 by the suppression of pro-democracy protests by Damascus, has already killed more than 380,000 people (including more than 115,000 civilians) and forced millions to flee. What a sad, very sad story my friends...</p><p>Now a note about <b>Syria </b>and coinage ; This magnificent region had, for</p><p>ages before its subjugation by republican Rome, been governed by a succession of indépendant kings, conspicuous among whom were the Seleucidae. The epoch when <b>Syria</b> became a Roman province is not precisely known ; probably it was Pompey the Great who reduced it to that condition, as he appeals to have invested its municipal authorities with the privilege of coining money (autonomes). It stands afterwards recorded amongst the provinces of the empire, under Julius Caesar and Augustus. The Syrians were especially devoted to the worship of the Sun ; at the same time acknowledging Jupiter and Apollo as the chief, if not only, divinities.</p><p>Syrians held considerable amounts of power during the Severan dynasty. The matriarch of the family and Empress of Rome as wife of emperor Septimius Severus was Julia Domna, a Syrian from the city of Emesa, whose family held hereditary rights to the priesthood of the god El-Gabal. Her great nephews, also Arabs from <b>Syria</b>, would also become Roman Emperors, the first being Elagabalus and the second, his cousin Alexander Severus. Another Roman emperor who was a Syrian was Philip the Arab, who was born in Roman Arabia. He was emperor from 244 to 249, and during his reign, he focused on his home town of Philippopolis and began many construction projects to improve the city, most of which were halted after his death. <b>Now please show us your coins of Syria !</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Diadumenian</p><p>Antioch,Seleucis & Pieria Syria</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1137460[/ATTACH] </p><p>Geta</p><p>Heliopolis Syria</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1137461[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Philip the Arab</p><p>Damascus, Coele Syria Syria</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1137462[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4593472, member: 99554"]Since my two favorite hobbies are coin collecting and astronomy, I'm always trying to share my spare times equally between them. But sometimes the opportunity presents itself to join the 2 together. In war-torn [B]Syria[/B], a white trail streaked the night sky above the ruins of the deserted city of Ariha, devastated by violence. [IMG]https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/547e99b0-b857-11ea-b40c-cb508f439563_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&x=0&y=0&w=0&h=0&width=1936[/IMG] The appearance on Saturday before dawn of the Milky Way, a rare phenomenon that occurs especially in summer by moonless sky, created a striking contrast between sky and earth, immortalized by an AFP photographer through long exposure photos. [IMG]https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/4691fea0-b857-11ea-b40c-cb508f439563_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&x=0&y=0&w=1200&h=800&width=1200[/IMG] Beneath this vast cloud of stars, the skeletons of buildings, the rubble, the gutted facades and roofs seem all the more appalling. [IMG]https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/349ee9c0-b847-11ea-b40c-cb508f439563_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&x=0&y=0&w=1200&h=1500&width=1200[/IMG] The conflict in Syria, sparked in 2011 by the suppression of pro-democracy protests by Damascus, has already killed more than 380,000 people (including more than 115,000 civilians) and forced millions to flee. What a sad, very sad story my friends... Now a note about [B]Syria [/B]and coinage ; This magnificent region had, for ages before its subjugation by republican Rome, been governed by a succession of indépendant kings, conspicuous among whom were the Seleucidae. The epoch when [B]Syria[/B] became a Roman province is not precisely known ; probably it was Pompey the Great who reduced it to that condition, as he appeals to have invested its municipal authorities with the privilege of coining money (autonomes). It stands afterwards recorded amongst the provinces of the empire, under Julius Caesar and Augustus. The Syrians were especially devoted to the worship of the Sun ; at the same time acknowledging Jupiter and Apollo as the chief, if not only, divinities. Syrians held considerable amounts of power during the Severan dynasty. The matriarch of the family and Empress of Rome as wife of emperor Septimius Severus was Julia Domna, a Syrian from the city of Emesa, whose family held hereditary rights to the priesthood of the god El-Gabal. Her great nephews, also Arabs from [B]Syria[/B], would also become Roman Emperors, the first being Elagabalus and the second, his cousin Alexander Severus. Another Roman emperor who was a Syrian was Philip the Arab, who was born in Roman Arabia. He was emperor from 244 to 249, and during his reign, he focused on his home town of Philippopolis and began many construction projects to improve the city, most of which were halted after his death. [B]Now please show us your coins of Syria ![/B] Diadumenian Antioch,Seleucis & Pieria Syria [ATTACH=full]1137460[/ATTACH] Geta Heliopolis Syria [ATTACH=full]1137461[/ATTACH] Philip the Arab Damascus, Coele Syria Syria [ATTACH=full]1137462[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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