CNG 102, Lot: 744. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.78 g, 12h). Dated year 28 of the Actian Era and Cos. XII (4/3 BC). Laureate head right / ETOVΣ HΚ (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 IB (consular date) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). McAlee 182; Prieur 52; RPC I 4153; DCA 400. Good VF, toned, areas of porosity, a few light scratches on neck.