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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver gray coin with relief decoration on each side.

Tetradrachm of Antioch under Augustus

r. 27 BCE - 14 CE

Augustus

Roman Provincial

Obverse: Head of Augustus to r., wearing an oak wreath (corona civica) Rev.: Tyche of Antioch seated r. on a rock, holding palm, her legs crossed, wearing a chiton and a turreted crown; at her feet personification of the Orontes River swimming.

silver

Roman Imperial period, Early

Coins