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(See plate 9, fig. 17.) The city of Seleucia, the ])riiicipal port of Autiocli, 

 from which Paul and Barnabas set out for Cyprus,' was named after 

 Seleucus I. 



Coin of Demetrius Soter. — Obverse, head of Demetrius; reverse, 

 "King Demetrius Soter," with seated female figure. (See plate 9, 

 lig. 19.) Demetrius Soter, King of Syria 1C2-150 B. C, waged war 

 against the Maccabees and is often mentioned in the books of the 

 INIftccabees.^ 



Stater of Tarsus.— Silver. 380-300 B. C. Obverse, Baal 

 enthroned within a circle of turrets ; reverse. Satrap Tarcamos seated, 

 holding one arrow. (See plate 9, fig. 18.) Tarsus, the ancient capital 

 of Cilicia, Asia Minor, was the home of the Apostle Paul.^ It is still a 

 city of about 10,000 inhabitants. It is now accessible from Alexan- 

 dretta by rail. 



Coin of Cyprus. — Bronze. Struck under Emperor Claudius (A. D. 

 41-54) and the Proconsul Sergius Paulus. (See ])late 9, fig. 20.) Cyprus, 

 one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean, was the birthi^lace of 

 Barnabas,^ and often visited by Paul while Sergius was its proconsul.^ 

 In the Old Testament it is referred to by the name of Kittim, which 

 name is, however, also used in some passages in a wider sense for the 

 Greek coasts and islands of the Mediterranean. 



Tetradrachms of Ephesus. — Silver. Struck 140 B. C. (two speci- 

 mens). (See plate 9, fig. 25.) Ephesus, in ancient time one of the most 

 important cities in Asia Minor, was especially celebrated for its Temple 

 of Diana.'' It was the place of residence of Paul," of Timothy,^ and of 

 the Apostle John, who probably died there. Ephesus was one of the 

 seven churches referred to in the Apocalypse.^ It was also the seat of 

 the third General Council (A, D. 431) and of the " Robber Synod" (A. D. 

 449). Numerous ruins are still to be seen there. 



Hemidrachms of Ephesus. — Silver. Struck 200 B. C. Obverse, 

 Bee; reverse. Deer (two specimens). (See plate 9, fig. 26.) 



Aes( = As) ofThessalonica). — Copper. Struck 88 B.C. Obverse, 

 head of Janus; reverse, Dioscuri. (See plate 9, fig. 21.) The as or 

 assarius, in the Greek New Testament affffdpiov (assarion), in the 

 English version "farthing," was the original Roman coin, and was at 

 one time the unit in Roman numeration both of weight and currency. 

 The Greeks adopted the name of the coin and used it upon their 

 autonomous coins. The as of the New Testament was of the value of 

 one-sixteenth of a denarius and nearly the size of an English half- 

 penny. It is mentioned in Matthew x, 29 and 30: "Are not two spar- 

 rows sold for a farthing, and one of them shall not fVill on the ground 



' Acts xiii, 4. e Acts xix, 35. 



*l Maccabees viii, 31; x, 1, etc. 8 idem, xix. 



3 Acts is, II, 30; xi, 25; xxii, 3. ' I Timothy i, 3. 



* Idem, iv, 36. » Apocalypse ii, 4. 

 ' ^Idem, xiii, 4. 



