Ancient Coin Stories

Let coins tell their stories…

Cyrrhestica

300 BCE

Cyrrhus founded by Seleukos I Nikator

286 BCE

Beroea is founded by Seleukos I Nikator.

88 BCE

Beroea is taken by Tigranes the Great and becomes part of Armenia.

64 BCE

Pompey incorporates Byblos, Arados, Sidon, Yehud, Edom, Beroea, and Tyre into the Roman Republic as part of the province of Syria following Rome’s annexation of the eastern Mediterranean.