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Roman Province - Syria
"The City of Sin" Under Roman rule, Antioch flourished and became the largest metropolis of Syria, serving as its military, economic, and cultural capital. Grand structures such as temples, a forum, a theater, an amphitheater, a library, baths, aqueducts, and other public buildings were constructed. The city's two main streets, intersecting at right angles, were adorned with statues and colonnades. Five bridges were built over the Orontes River, one of which still stands today. In Antioch, the influences of invading Roman and Greek (Hellenistic) cultures blended with the native Syrian (Aramaic) traditions and the increasingly pervasive Persian culture from the East. The city's luxury and moral decay became proverbial throughout the Mediterranean world.
The reverse of coin depicts the monument by Eutychides, a student of Lysippos, which was erected in Antioch. This depiction already appeared on coins during the reign of Tigranes. Eutychides was a Greek sculptor of the early part of the 3rd century BC. His most noted work was a statue of the Tyche of Antioch, a goddess who embodied the idea of the then newly founded city of Antioch. The Tyche was seated on a rock, crowned with towers, and having the river Orontes at her feet. There is a small copy of the statue in the Vatican. It was imitated by a number of Asiatic cities; and indeed most statues since created that commemorate cities borrow something from the work of Eutychides.
Denomination: Tetradrachm, Ag
Obverse: Laureate head of Augustus, right, BΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ
Reverse: Tyche of Antioch seated, right, with palm branch; before river god Orontes, ΕΤΟΥΣ ΘΚ ΝΙΚΗΣ, ΥΠΑ ΙΓ, ΑΝΤ
Mint: Syria, Antioch, 2 B.C.
Weight: 15,20 g
Diameter: 26mm
Provenance: Fritz Rudolf Künker
Referência : 01.1 RPC I 4155, Prieur 54, McAlee 184
Coleção : SYRIA - Roman Province