Æ16 Civic issue

Features

Issuer	Antioch on the Orontes (Syria)
Emperor	Galba (Servius Sulpicius Galba) (68-69) Otho (Marcus Salvius Otho) (69)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	117 (68)
Calendar	Caesarean era
Composition	(copper alloy)
Weight	5.40 g
Diameter	16 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 375652
References	RPC Online I# 4322 Roman Provincial Coinage (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/) , McAlee# 115.b Richard McAlee. The coins of Roman Antioch. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (3 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 104 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , BMC Greek# 92 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).

Obverse

Laureate head of god Zeus facing right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ

Translation: Of Antioch.

Reverse

Lit altar with garlands.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ƐΤ · ΖΙΡ

Unabridged legend: Ɛτους ΖΙΡ.

Translation: Of the year 117.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

Weight: 5.40 g average based on ten specimens (RPC I# 4322).
Denomination: an uncertain larger denomination, in a series of three civic denominations (large, medium, and small) minted by Antioch according to RCP I page 622.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
117 (68 AD)												Year ΖΙΡ (117 Caesarean era, AD 68/69)

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