Hi. Happiest Thanksgiving to all Americans. I can smell roasted turkey from here. Well talking about Antioch, the river Orontes crosses the city of Antioch. So this is a Roman coin representing god river Orontes swimming. Charles
Here's my take on the map idea. I could probably do this a dozen times over with different coins - maybe I'll make a few more...
The boy emperor, Elagabalus, transporting the Sacred Stone of Emesa. This denarius was struck in Antioch And once again, the diorama (which looks great in my foyer! )
I hope you have that in a climate-controlled display case, so that's it's properly preserved for posterity.
Hadrian silver (AR) tetradrachm 117-138 AD Struck at the mint of Antioch in Syria Diameter: 23.1 mm Weight: 12.88 grams Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right Reverse: Eagle, wings spread, head left, stands upon thigh of bull Reference: BMC 304-05 Other: NICE surfaces ... SCARCE ==>> gobble, gobble!!
Huh, I hadn't seen this before. Congratulations TIF, you're conforming to the crazy coin collector nerd stereotype. JK....
Diadumenian, AE19 Antioch, Syria Diameter: 19.4 mm Weight: 3.2 grams Obverse: bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: Large SC within wreath, star over delta-epsilon above, "eagle" below (yessssss)