ROMAN EMPIRE - NOVEL Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD), Syria. Tetradrachma An ΘΚ [29] - Consulate ΙΓ [13] (2 BC), Antioch. Av. ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕ - ΒΑΣΤΟΥ. Nude bust right, head laurel. Rv. ΕΤΟΥΣ - (An) - ΝΙΚΗΣ. Tyche with mural crown, holding palm in right hand, seated right. At her feet, the river-god Orontes swimming right. In the right field: monogram ΥΡΑ (and consulate) above monogram ANT. RPC.4155 - Prieur 54 ; Billon - 15,21 g - 25 mm - 12 h From a purchase at Monnaies & Médailles, Basel, in September 1976. NGC TO 5/5 4/5 (8585319-008). The metal is barely porous on the right side. Of very beautiful mintage, this specimen has hardly circulated and shows a delicate patina with golden highlights. Superb at Fleur de coin. The reverse depicts the monument of Eutychides of Sicyone, a pupil of Lysippus, erected in Antioch: the Tyche of Antioch. The goddess is both Tyche and an allegory of the city of Antioch. This sculpture was destroyed in an earthquake in 115, but a copy from the Roman period is now in the Vatican Museum (Galerie des Candélabres).