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Tetradrachm - Philip I - Aulus Gabinius as Proconsul
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 57 BC - 55 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to the left, his right leg drawn back beneath the throne, holding a Nike figure facing right in his outstretched right hand and a long scepter in his left. The ΓAB monogram of the Roman proconsul Aulus Gabinius appears in the inner left field, while a frozen ΛI control monogram is placed beneath the throne. A thunderbolt occupies the exergue. The entire design is enclosed within a laureate outer border, with the royal titulature arranged in the fields. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Aulus Gabinius governed Syria from 57 to 55 BC and took the unusual step of issuing coinage in his own name under the Seleucid royal type — a calculated assertion of Roman administrative authority over a kingdom that had formally ceased to exist when Pompey dissolved it in 64 BC. The series is historically tight: production ended when Gabinius departed for Egypt to restore Ptolemy XII Auletes to his throne, a military adventure that nearly destroyed his career and led to his later prosecution under the lex Iulia de repetundis.