Tetradrachm - Augustus ΕΤΟΥΣ ϚΚ ΝΙΚΗΣ, ΥΠΑ ΙΒ

Features

Issuer	Antioch on the Orontes (Syria)
Emperor	Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	5 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	15.00 g
Diameter	28 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 418144
References	RPC Online I# 4151 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , McAlee# 180 Richard G. McAlee. The coins of Roman Antioch. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (3 volumes). , Prieur# 50 Michel Prieur, Karin Prieur; 2000. A Type Corpus of the Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and Their Fractions from 57 BC to AD 253. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Obverse

Laureate head of Augustus to right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ

Reverse

Tyche seated right on rocks, holding palm frond in her right hand; below, half-length figure of river god Orontes swimming right.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΕΤΟΥΣ ςK ΝΙΚΗΣ
YΠAT IB
ΑΝΤ

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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