Obverse: Laureate head of Augustus facing right. Reverse: Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping holding a palm frond, with a half-length figure of the river-god Orontes swimming right below; monogram and consular date in right field

Reverse context. The Tyche of Antioch, personifying the city's fortune, was a famous Hellenistic statuary type by Eutychides of Sicyon, here paired with the Orontes, the river on which Antioch stood; the dating combines the Actian Era, counted from Octavian's victory over Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC, with Augustus's thirteenth consulship in 2 BC.

Reverse legend translation. ETOUS L NIKES, Greek for "year [29] of Victory," where L is the standard Greek numerical sigil for "year" and *Nikes* (of Victory) refers to the Actian Era inaugurated by Octavian's triumph at Actium.

Brushed surface with excellent strike definition.

Well centered with pleasing toning and brilliance.


9/2/25	$1,200	XF	Stack's Bowers	— 0%
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1/13/23	$1,000	XF	Stack's Bowers	▼ −17%

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