Tetradrachm of Augustus (30 BC – 14 AD)

Description

Obverse head of Augustus to the right, Greek inscription KAISAROS SEVASTOY. Reverse Tyche of Antiocha seated on a rock to the right, holding a palm branch, the river god Orontes swimming at her feet. Greek letters YPA as monogram, next to IV, below ANT, also as monogram.

Tetradrachm, silver, 2.5 cm in diameter, minted in Antioch, Syria, 5 BC. Replica in silver.