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CHALCIBICB—CHALCIBENB.
655
III. CHALCIDICE.
One of the divisions of Northern Syria, of which the chief town was
Chaicis ad Belum, situate about twelve English miles from Aleppo at
the modern Kinnisrin. There has been much confusion between this
town and Chaicis sub Libano in Chalcidene. The coins of the northern
Chaicis consist apparently only of Imperial bronze—Trajan to Com modus.
They resemble in fabric the money of the neighbouring Beroea. Inscr.,
d>A. XAAKIACDN, in wreath. Remarkable types — HAIOCEIPOC, Helios
standing. Dates according to an era commencing A. D. 92, when the
surname Flavia was conferred upon the town in honour of Domitian.
IV. CHALCIDENE.
Chaicis sub Libano. This city, together with the neighbouring Heli-
opolis {Baalbec\ the plain of Marsyas, and the mountain region of Ituraea,
constituted a Tetrarchy, the whole or portions of which were governed
from the time of Pompey down to the reign of Claudius by Tetrarchs
descended from a certain Mennaeus, who is mentioned both by Strabo
(753) an(l by Josephus {Bell. Bed., i. 13. 1; Ant., xiv. 7. 4).
Ptolemy, son of Mennaeus, circ. B. C. 85-40.
Head of Zeus, laureate.
Id.
TITOAEMAIOY TETPAPXOY Eagle
I Aying.ZE -8
T1TOAEM. TETP APXHEf ANTOE1
TOY KAI AfPXIEPEHL] The Dio-
| skuri, standing side by side ZE -75
Archelaus (?), known only from the following coin:—
Head of Zeus, r. laureate. I TETPAPX APXE The Dioskuri, as
| above ..ZE -75
Lysanias I. There appear to have been two tetrarchs of this name,
Lysanias I, the son of Ptolemy Mennaei, mentioned above, who is said to
have succeeded his father, and who was put to death by Cleopatra,
b.c. 36 (Joseph., B.J., i. 13, 1; Ant., xv. 41), and Lysanias II, mentioned
by St. Luke (iii. 1) as tetrarch of Abilene (see Leucas or Abila in Coele-
Syria, p. 663).
Head of Lysanias I, diademed.
AYZANIOY TETPAPXOY KAI AP-
XIE P E £1 Z Pallas Nikephoros stand-
ing .ZE -75
Chaicis sub Libano ('?).
Head of Zeus, laureate.
First century b. C.
I XAAKIAET1N Conical stone in temple
I ZE -7
655
III. CHALCIDICE.
One of the divisions of Northern Syria, of which the chief town was
Chaicis ad Belum, situate about twelve English miles from Aleppo at
the modern Kinnisrin. There has been much confusion between this
town and Chaicis sub Libano in Chalcidene. The coins of the northern
Chaicis consist apparently only of Imperial bronze—Trajan to Com modus.
They resemble in fabric the money of the neighbouring Beroea. Inscr.,
d>A. XAAKIACDN, in wreath. Remarkable types — HAIOCEIPOC, Helios
standing. Dates according to an era commencing A. D. 92, when the
surname Flavia was conferred upon the town in honour of Domitian.
IV. CHALCIDENE.
Chaicis sub Libano. This city, together with the neighbouring Heli-
opolis {Baalbec\ the plain of Marsyas, and the mountain region of Ituraea,
constituted a Tetrarchy, the whole or portions of which were governed
from the time of Pompey down to the reign of Claudius by Tetrarchs
descended from a certain Mennaeus, who is mentioned both by Strabo
(753) an(l by Josephus {Bell. Bed., i. 13. 1; Ant., xiv. 7. 4).
Ptolemy, son of Mennaeus, circ. B. C. 85-40.
Head of Zeus, laureate.
Id.
TITOAEMAIOY TETPAPXOY Eagle
I Aying.ZE -8
T1TOAEM. TETP APXHEf ANTOE1
TOY KAI AfPXIEPEHL] The Dio-
| skuri, standing side by side ZE -75
Archelaus (?), known only from the following coin:—
Head of Zeus, r. laureate. I TETPAPX APXE The Dioskuri, as
| above ..ZE -75
Lysanias I. There appear to have been two tetrarchs of this name,
Lysanias I, the son of Ptolemy Mennaei, mentioned above, who is said to
have succeeded his father, and who was put to death by Cleopatra,
b.c. 36 (Joseph., B.J., i. 13, 1; Ant., xv. 41), and Lysanias II, mentioned
by St. Luke (iii. 1) as tetrarch of Abilene (see Leucas or Abila in Coele-
Syria, p. 663).
Head of Lysanias I, diademed.
AYZANIOY TETPAPXOY KAI AP-
XIE P E £1 Z Pallas Nikephoros stand-
ing .ZE -75
Chaicis sub Libano ('?).
Head of Zeus, laureate.
First century b. C.
I XAAKIAET1N Conical stone in temple
I ZE -7