Spanning the BC/AD Eras

343, Lot: 349. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.52 g, 12h). Dated year 31 of the Actian Era and Cos. XIII (1 BC/AD 1). Laureate head right / ETOVΣ AΛ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (=ΥΠΑTOY) and IΓ (consular date) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). McAlee 186; Prieur 56; RPC I 4157; DCA 400. Fine, toned, roughness. Rare.