Roman Provincial, Syria, Antioch, Octavian Augustus, Tetradrachm

Octavian's rarer tetradrachm, minted around 5-4 BC in Antioch.

Roman Provincial

Octavian Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), Tetradrachm 5-4 BC, Antioch mint

Obverse: head of August facing right

ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ

Reverse: Tyche in a long robe and crown sitting on a rock to the right, holding a palm branch, at its feet the river god Orontes flowing to the right, in the field monograms ΥΠΑ IB and ΑΝΤ

ETOVΣ ZΚ NIKHΣ

Diameter 25 mm, weight 12.19 g