Roman Provincial, Augustus (27 BCE- 14 CE), Bronze Trichalkon, Syria Coele, Antioch mint
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Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus facing right
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Reverse ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ with ϚΚ (date) in right field field / Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm branch, with half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming below.
Reference:
- RPC I 4245
- SNG Copenhagen 91
- BMC 58
- McAlee 86
Other Information:
- This coin is dated (ϚΚ in right feild on reverse) to year 26 of the Actian Era. This date corresponds to 6/5 BCE.
- Struck under P. Quinctillius Varus, Governor (legatus Augusti pro praetore)