Saint Paul the Apostle's Travels Ancient Greek and Roman Biblical Historical Coins
The Biblical Coins & List of Cities St. Paul Traveled Spreading Christianity
It was Paul that was responsible for spreading the Christian church around
the known world then. The Apostle Paul was from
Tarsus in
Cilicia. He was born a Jew and followed the famous Rabbi Gamaliel.
Tarsus at that time had a Jewish community living there. He was
originally called Saul. Earlier in life he actually partook in the
persecution of the early Jewish-Christians.
Read more about his
history here.
On his way to Damascus he had a transformation. And the former persecutor of Jewish-Christians, decided to spread the new religion instead. His new name was Paul He revolutionized the Christian religion by having people not having to become Jewish first before becoming Christian. This led to the breaking of all ties between the Jewish Temple and the Christian Church.
Apostle Paul may have traded in woven goods, and this may be the reasoning why he traveled around so much and did so many missionary activities.
This is a list of all the cities and areas he visited on his travels. Most of these cities actually issued coins. And there are people that put together entire collections that follow St. Paul's four journeys.
The cities that issued coins are easily clickable and you can actually see the coins from there, which are available for sale.
It looks that eBay auto-corrects some spellings, so for some of the terms, you may need to click the [ Return to original search ] link to actually see the coins available, this is noted for coins of Philippi and Rhegion.
St. Paul's 1st Journey (Acts: 13:1-14:28)
On his way to Damascus he had a transformation. And the former persecutor of Jewish-Christians, decided to spread the new religion instead. His new name was Paul He revolutionized the Christian religion by having people not having to become Jewish first before becoming Christian. This led to the breaking of all ties between the Jewish Temple and the Christian Church.
Apostle Paul may have traded in woven goods, and this may be the reasoning why he traveled around so much and did so many missionary activities.
This is a list of all the cities and areas he visited on his travels. Most of these cities actually issued coins. And there are people that put together entire collections that follow St. Paul's four journeys.
The cities that issued coins are easily clickable and you can actually see the coins from there, which are available for sale.
It looks that eBay auto-corrects some spellings, so for some of the terms, you may need to click the [ Return to original search ] link to actually see the coins available, this is noted for coins of Philippi and Rhegion.
St. Paul's 1st Journey (Acts: 13:1-14:28)
- Antioch in Selucis and Pieria
- Salamis in Cyprus
- Paphos in Cyprus
- Perga in Pamphylia
- Lycaonia
- Lystra in Lycaonia
- Derbe in Lycaonia
- Antioch, Selucis and Pieria
- Tarsus in Cilicia
- Derbe in Lycaonia
- Lystra in Lycaonia
- Iconium in Lycaonia
- Antioch in Pisidia
- Troas
- Neapolis in Macedonia
- Philippi in Macedonia
- Thessalonica in Macedonia
- Beroea in Macedonia
- Athens in Attica
- Corinth in Corinthia
- Ephesus in Ionia
- Paphos in Cyprus
- Caesarea in Samaria
- Jerusalem in Judaea