Tetradrachm - Philip I - Aulus Gabinius as Proconsul

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.