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Orthosias in Phoenicia

A coin of Orthosia, depicting the temple of Astarte and Astarte herself standing, with a river god of Nahr el bared under her foot[1]
A coin of Orthosia[2]

Orthosias in Phoenicia or Orthosia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρθωσία)[3] was a Phoenician town near Nahr el Bared river.[4] Administratively, it was located in the Roman province of Phoenicia Prima[clarification needed], and was a bishopric that was a suffragan of Tyre.

  1. ^ Hill, George Francis (1965). Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phoenicia. Arnaldo Forni - Editore. pp. lxxvi, 127.
  2. ^ For the type of this coin, see Hill, George Francis (1965). Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phoenicia. Arnaldo Forni - Editore. p. 126.
  3. ^ Strabo, Geography, 14.5.3
  4. ^ Hill, George Francis (1965). Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phoenicia. Arnaldo Forni - Editore. pp. lxxvi.

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