SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.08 g, 12h). Dated year 30 of the Actian Era (with Cos. XIII, 2 BC). KAIΣAPOΣ ΣE BAΣTOY, laureate head right / ETOVΣ Λ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond in right hand; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (=VΠΑTOV) and IΓ (consular iteration) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). McAlee 185; RPC I 4156; Prieur 55; DCA2 288. Lightly toned, with slight porosity. Superb EF. Well centered and struck.
From the CLA Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern.
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