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TRACHONITIS.
663
at her feet; naked male figure holding spear ; others of no special
interest. Era probably dates from b.c. 312. See also Demetrias in
Phoenicia.
Heliopolis {Baalbek}. Imperial colonial—Augustus, and Nerva to Galli -
enus, COL. HEL.; COL. IVL. AVG. FEL. HEL.; also in addition I. O.
M. H. (Iovi Optimo Maximo Heliopolitano). Type—Temple. Games—
CERT. SACR. CAP. OECV. ISELASTI HEL. — Certamina Sacra
Capitolina Oecumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana, concerning which see
Eckhel, iv. 443. Prevailing types—Tyche standing; Temple of Jupiter
Capitolinus.
Laodiceia ad Iiibanum, on the Orontes. Imperial—Antoninus to Ca-
racalla. Inscr., AA0AIKC41N T7POC AIBAN17, etc. Prevailing type—
MHN, the God Men holding a horse by the bridle; also TYXH, Tyche of
the city seated between two river-gods. Era dates from B. c. 312, that
of the Seleucidae.
Leucas or Abila, was the chief town of the tetrarchy of Abilene, under
the government of Lysanias II (Luke, iii. 1). It stood on the banks of
the Chrysoroas, above Damascus. Autonomous bronze and Imperial—
Claudius to Gordian. Inscr., AEYKAAIflN, A6YKAAID.N TUN KAI
KAAYAIAIGN, or KAAYAieilN THN KAI A€YKAAII1N, etc. Dates
according to two eras, the first reckoned from b. c. 37, the second from
A.D. 48. Types—XPYCOPOAC, River-god swimming (De Saulcy, Num.
de la Terre Sainte, p. 20).
VIII. TRACHONITIS.
In B.C. 36 Auranitis, Trachonitis, Batanea, and Paneas were in the
possession of Cleopatra, but after her death, b. 0. 30, they were farmed
out to Zenodorus, possibly a son of the Tetrarch Lysanias I of Chaicis,
and half brother of Lysanias II of Abilene. In B.C. 24 all these districts
were taken away from Zenodorus except Paneas. Zenodorus died in
b.c. 20 or 19.
Zenodorus. Bronze probably struck between b. c. 30 and 27. Dated,
year 87 of an era commencing between b. c. 118 and no.
Head of Octavian. ZHNOADPOY TETPAPXOY KAI
(Madden, Goins of the Jews, p. 124.) | APXIEPEflS Portrait of Zenodorus.
Caesareia Paneas, founded by Philip the Tetrarch, stood on the
Upper Jordan, near the frontiers of Galilee. Its name Paneas, Pa-
neias, or Panias, was derived from a grotto of Pan at the foot of
Mount Paneium (Steph. Byz., s. v. Wa). After A. D. 55 the town
was called Neronias, in honour of Nero. The coins consist of
Regal bronze of Agrippa I, Inscr., KAISAPEIAS ASYAOY ATPinnA
663
at her feet; naked male figure holding spear ; others of no special
interest. Era probably dates from b.c. 312. See also Demetrias in
Phoenicia.
Heliopolis {Baalbek}. Imperial colonial—Augustus, and Nerva to Galli -
enus, COL. HEL.; COL. IVL. AVG. FEL. HEL.; also in addition I. O.
M. H. (Iovi Optimo Maximo Heliopolitano). Type—Temple. Games—
CERT. SACR. CAP. OECV. ISELASTI HEL. — Certamina Sacra
Capitolina Oecumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana, concerning which see
Eckhel, iv. 443. Prevailing types—Tyche standing; Temple of Jupiter
Capitolinus.
Laodiceia ad Iiibanum, on the Orontes. Imperial—Antoninus to Ca-
racalla. Inscr., AA0AIKC41N T7POC AIBAN17, etc. Prevailing type—
MHN, the God Men holding a horse by the bridle; also TYXH, Tyche of
the city seated between two river-gods. Era dates from B. c. 312, that
of the Seleucidae.
Leucas or Abila, was the chief town of the tetrarchy of Abilene, under
the government of Lysanias II (Luke, iii. 1). It stood on the banks of
the Chrysoroas, above Damascus. Autonomous bronze and Imperial—
Claudius to Gordian. Inscr., AEYKAAIflN, A6YKAAID.N TUN KAI
KAAYAIAIGN, or KAAYAieilN THN KAI A€YKAAII1N, etc. Dates
according to two eras, the first reckoned from b. c. 37, the second from
A.D. 48. Types—XPYCOPOAC, River-god swimming (De Saulcy, Num.
de la Terre Sainte, p. 20).
VIII. TRACHONITIS.
In B.C. 36 Auranitis, Trachonitis, Batanea, and Paneas were in the
possession of Cleopatra, but after her death, b. 0. 30, they were farmed
out to Zenodorus, possibly a son of the Tetrarch Lysanias I of Chaicis,
and half brother of Lysanias II of Abilene. In B.C. 24 all these districts
were taken away from Zenodorus except Paneas. Zenodorus died in
b.c. 20 or 19.
Zenodorus. Bronze probably struck between b. c. 30 and 27. Dated,
year 87 of an era commencing between b. c. 118 and no.
Head of Octavian. ZHNOADPOY TETPAPXOY KAI
(Madden, Goins of the Jews, p. 124.) | APXIEPEflS Portrait of Zenodorus.
Caesareia Paneas, founded by Philip the Tetrarch, stood on the
Upper Jordan, near the frontiers of Galilee. Its name Paneas, Pa-
neias, or Panias, was derived from a grotto of Pan at the foot of
Mount Paneium (Steph. Byz., s. v. Wa). After A. D. 55 the town
was called Neronias, in honour of Nero. The coins consist of
Regal bronze of Agrippa I, Inscr., KAISAPEIAS ASYAOY ATPinnA