ANCIENT COINS. ROMAN. Augustus (27 B.C.– A.D. 14), Silver Tetradrachm, 15.25g, 12h. Mint of Antioch, dated year 26 (= 5 B.C.). KAIΣOAPΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, head facing right, wearing a laurel-wreath. Rev. ETOYΣ SK NIKHΣ, Tyche of Antioch seated on a rock to right, holding a palm-branch, the river-god Orontes swimming at her feet, YΠA (in monogram) IB and ANT (in monogram) in field (RPC 4151; McAlee 180). An exceptional example of this impressive type, well-struck and well-detailed, particularly the reverse, cabinet tone, extremely fine.
Estimate: $3,500