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The Persecution of the Christians
Antioch on the Orontes [Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου] was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. It was one of the greatest and most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period.
An active campaign of persecution against local Christians by Maximinus II reached its height during 310-313 the eastern cities in Nikomedia, Antioch, and Alexandria.
Christians were subject to confiscation of land and property, and expelled from the cities Churches were closed and ransacked. These three major mint cities struck a series of small bronzes honoring the old Greco-Roman gods Jupiter, Apollo, Tyche, and Serapis among them.
The persecutions subsided in AD 313 as a result of the Edict of Milan, jointly issued by Constantine and Licinius the senior emperors which proclaimed a policy of religious freedom, and returned confiscated property to the Christians.
Click for more coin images of the ancient city Antoich.
The ancient coins we have shared are the images of ancient coins minted in the ancient city of Antioch [Antakya] during the Persecution period. Sample ancient coins of Antioch and legend descriptions.
GENIO ANTIOCHENI = Genius [Guardian] of Antioch. | APOLLONI SANCTO = to Holy Apollo.
Antioch on the Orontes [Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου] was a Hellenistic Greek city founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. It was one of the greatest and most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period.
An active campaign of persecution against local Christians by Maximinus II reached its height during 310-313 the eastern cities in Nikomedia, Antioch, and Alexandria.
Christians were subject to confiscation of land and property, and expelled from the cities Churches were closed and ransacked. These three major mint cities struck a series of small bronzes honoring the old Greco-Roman gods Jupiter, Apollo, Tyche, and Serapis among them.
The persecutions subsided in AD 313 as a result of the Edict of Milan, jointly issued by Constantine and Licinius the senior emperors which proclaimed a policy of religious freedom, and returned confiscated property to the Christians.
Click for more coin images of the ancient city Antoich.
The ancient coins we have shared are the images of ancient coins minted in the ancient city of Antioch [Antakya] during the Persecution period. Sample ancient coins of Antioch and legend descriptions.
GENIO ANTIOCHENI = Genius [Guardian] of Antioch. | APOLLONI SANCTO = to Holy Apollo.