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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3108374, member: 51347&quot;]Wow, I have nary an Antioch SC type from the Roman Province.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have several from Antioch as a Roman provincial city, but these are a couple I really like:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]788121[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Julian II CE 360-363 AE1 maiorina Diademed R - SECVRITAS REIPVB 2 stars Apis Bull stg R ANT-Gamma 2 palms ANTIOCH RIC 217 LRBC 2641</p><p>Ex: [USER=16674]@fsrcoin[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]788123[/ATTACH]</p><p>PUBLIUS QUINCTILIUS VARUS RARE AE OF ANTIOCHEIA, SYRIA</p><p>RPC 4252, SNG Cop. 92, About Very Fine / Very Fine, 20.4mm, 8.03 grams, Dated year 27 = 5/4 B.C.E.</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus to right</p><p>Reverse: Tyche of Antioch seated to right, holding palm branch; below, river-god Orontes swimming right, in right field, date ZK (year 27 = 5/4 B.C.E.)</p><p>This rare coin was struck during Varus&#039; assignment as governor of Syria from 7 - 4 B.C.E. Varus guarded the borders from Parthia and violently quelled unrest in Judaea and Samaria. Josephus records an incident wherein after the death&nbsp; of Herod., Varus occupied Jerusalem and crucified 2,000 Jews. </p><p>Later Varus was transfered to the Northern front, where he met disaster fighting the Germanic tribes in the Teutoburg forest. Three legions under his command, legions XVII, XVIII and XIX were completely annihilated. This caused emperor Augustus great grief and he was said to have cried out on occasion &quot;Quintili Vare, legiones redde!&quot; or &quot;Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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