A silver Tetradrachm of Augustus – mint of Seleucia...
A silver Tetradrachm of Augustus – mint of Seleucia Pieria, 8 C.E. Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus facing right, surrounded by Greek inscription KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY ( 'of Augustus Caesar'). Rev.: Thunderbolt on cushion with ribbon on each side, resting on stool. Below, the date ςIP (=year 116). A and H in lower left and right field; all within laurel-wreath. Around, ΣEɅEYKEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY (' of the people of Seleucia, of the holy and the autonomous').
Dated year 116 of Era of Seleucia = 8 C.E. 15.58 grams, 26¼ mm, axis 1. Cf. Michel and Karin Prieur, A type corpus of the Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and their Fractions (London 2000), p. 187 no. 1187
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A silver Tetradrachm of Augustus – mint of Seleucia Pieria, 8 C.E. Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus facing right, surrounded by Greek inscription KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY ( 'of Augustus Caesar'). Rev.: Thunderbolt on cushion with ribbon on each side, resting on stool. Below, the date ςIP (=year 116). A and H in lower left and right field; all within laurel-wreath. Around, ΣEɅEYKEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY (' of the people of Seleucia, of the holy and the autonomous').
Dated year 116 of Era of Seleucia = 8 C.E. 15.58 grams, 26¼ mm, axis 1. Cf. Michel and Karin Prieur, A type corpus of the Syro-Phoenician Tetradrachms and their Fractions (London 2000), p. 187 no. 1187
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