Syria, Antioch; AR Tetradrachm; Trajan; 114-115.
Obv. Laureate bust of Trajan to the right, below a mace and an eagle with folded wings standing to the right. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ KΑIC NƐP TPAIANOC APICT CƐB ΓƐPM ΔAK.
Rv. Tyche of Antioch seated on a rock to the right, with her feet resting on a reclining, naked man (personification of the Orontes River). She holds ears of wheat and a poppy flower in the outstretched right hand. ΔΗΜΑΡΧ - ΕΞ ΙΘ ΥΠΑΤ Ϛ.
Silver, 13.82 g, 25.6 mm, 5h. RPC III 3558; Wruck 174.
Grade: Good VF.
Only 5 pieces known to the authors of the Roman Provincial Coinage corpus. Traces of a double-strike by the die are visible on both sides.
