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Object Type
Museum number: G1874,0715.392
Denomination: tetradrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Laureate head of Augustus, right. (obverse); Tyche seated right, holding palm branch, in front, river god Orontes, swimming. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 12 (about)
Production place: Minted in: Antiochia ad Orontem
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 15.325 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RPC1 / Roman provincial coinage. Vol.1, From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AD 69) (4159/1, p/614); BMC Greek (Galatia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Galatia, Cappadocia and Syria (149, p.169)
Location: On display (G70/dc8/p1/no13)
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Portrait of: Augustus (Octavian); Representation of: Tyche/Fortuna; Representation of: Orontes
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G1874,0715.392
C&M catalogue number: GC20 (BMC Greek (Galatia)) (169) (149)
Conservation

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