Augustus. Tetradrachm; Augustus; 27 BC-14 AD, Antiochia ad Orontem, Seleucis and Pieria, Year 31 Actian Era = 1 BC-1 AD, Tetradrachm, 15.23g. Obv: ???S???S - S???S??V from upper right. Laureate head of Augustus r.; fillet border. Rx: ???OS ????S Tyche seated r. on rock, holding palm-branch; below, river god Orontes swimming r.; in field above palm-branch, A?; in field below palm-branch, monogram A/IG and ANT monogram.This coin was struck in the year Christ was born and the Christian era began. Exceptional quality
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