Augustus - RPC I 4245

Roman Provincial, Augustus (27 BCE- 14 CE), Bronze Trichalkon, Syria Coele, Antioch mint

  • Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus facing right
  • 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)

 

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