455, Lot: 234. Estimate $200. Sold for $267. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.79 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 iteration) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?). McAlee 182; Prieur 52; RPC I 4153; DCA 400. Lightly toned, some minor porosity, small metal flaw on Augustus’ cheek. VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased in Autumn 2004.