Semis - Tiberius ΕΠΙ ΣΙΛΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ
Features
| Issuer |
Antioch on the Orontes
(Syria)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Tiberius (Tiberius Claudius Nero) (14-37)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 14-15 |
| Value | Semis (1⁄32) |
| Currency | Denarius (49 BC to AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 7.22 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 476310 |
| References | RPC Online I# 4271 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , McAlee# 215 Richard G. McAlee. The coins of Roman Antioch. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (3 volumes). |
Obverse
Head of Tiberius, right.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΣΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
Unabridged legend: Σεβαστός Σεβαστου Καίσαρ
Translation: August son of Augustus Caesar
Reverse
Inscription on four lines within wreath, regnal year above and Actian year below.
With A at the beginning of the reverse legend, as on 4270.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
Α
ΕΠΙ ϹΙΛΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΜ
Unabridged legend: ἐπὶ Σιλανοῦ Ἀντιοχέων εμʹ
Translation: under Silanus, of the Antiochenes, (year) 45
Mint
Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, TurkeyComments
Magistrate of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Silanus (legatus Augusti pro praetore).
Actian period starts with the battle of Actium in 31 BC.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (14-15) | Year 45 (ƐΜ) | ||||||||||||||
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