TYPE Greek Imperial, Augustus, (27 BC - 14 AD), silver tetradrachm of Antioch (Seleukis and Pieria), 14.20g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Bare head of Augustus to right, Greek legend: KAISAROS SEVASTOU ("of the Augustus Caesar"; partial) Rev: Tyche of Antioch seated right on rock, holding palm branch, river-god Orontes swimming at her feet, Greek date 'ETOUS ThK NIKES' (year "theta-kappa" since victory = yr. 29 of Actian Era = 3/2 BC), two monograms, Greek 'iota-gamma' (= 13th consulship) REFERENCE: SGI 106 GRADING: F ORDER INFO: G2854, $150 Attractive large silver of the "original" Augustus, with the characteristic Antioch reverse design, and precise dating - a couple of years before the beginning of the Common Era, but also a couple of years after the birth of Jesus Christ, as as now considered (4 BC - the year of Herod the Great's death, as correlated through the Gospel of Matthew).