Watch List notes:

CILICIA. Antiochia ad Cragum. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Hemiassarion (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.89 g, 6 h). ΑΥ ΚΑ ΑΝΤωΝЄΙΝΟС Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄωΝ ΤΗС ΠΑΡΑΛΙΟ-Υ Eagle standing right, head to left. RPC IV online 3609. SNG Levante 473. Rare, just four examples listed in RPC. Very fine.


ΤΗС ΠΑΡΑΛΙΟΥ translates as 'on the Sea', an epithet that differentiates the city we know by its Latin name Antiochia ad Cragum ('Antiochia at the Kragos mountain') from the several other places named Antiochia.