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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5142576, member: 99456"]A wonderful coin [USER=75496]@Carl Wilmont[/USER] - here's mine from Year 30 (2/1 BC). I especially enjoyed the map & quote from <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Oppian/Cynegetica/2*.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Oppian/Cynegetica/2*.html" rel="nofollow">Oppian</a> that you cite:</p><p><br /></p><p>"So, the mighty river Orontes made a noise of dread bellowing about the shores; and mightily roared the headlands when they received within their bosom the swell of the new-come sea; and the black and fertile earth took heart again, arisen from the waves, a new plain of Heracles."</p><p><br /></p><p>I have museum catalog of Antioch that you might enjoy "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Antioch-Lost-Ancient-Christine-Kondoleon/dp/0691049335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Antioch-Lost-Ancient-Christine-Kondoleon/dp/0691049335" rel="nofollow">Antioch, The Lost Ancient City</a>", which provides an overview of the city and history, generously illustrated with art and artifacts.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206956[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, Augustus</b>, 27 BC-AD 14, AR tetradrachm, dated year 30 of the Actian Era - dating from the Battle of Actium between Marc Antony and Augustus - and Cos. XIII (2/1 BC)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY, laureate head right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>[ETOVΣ] Λ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (=ΥΠΑTOY) and IΓ (consular iteration) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?)</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RPC I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4156" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4156" rel="nofollow">4156</a>, McAlee 185; Prieur 55[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5142576, member: 99456"]A wonderful coin [USER=75496]@Carl Wilmont[/USER] - here's mine from Year 30 (2/1 BC). I especially enjoyed the map & quote from [URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Oppian/Cynegetica/2*.html']Oppian[/URL] that you cite: "So, the mighty river Orontes made a noise of dread bellowing about the shores; and mightily roared the headlands when they received within their bosom the swell of the new-come sea; and the black and fertile earth took heart again, arisen from the waves, a new plain of Heracles." I have museum catalog of Antioch that you might enjoy "[URL='https://www.amazon.com/Antioch-Lost-Ancient-Christine-Kondoleon/dp/0691049335']Antioch, The Lost Ancient City[/URL]", which provides an overview of the city and history, generously illustrated with art and artifacts. [ATTACH=full]1206956[/ATTACH] [B]Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch, Augustus[/B], 27 BC-AD 14, AR tetradrachm, dated year 30 of the Actian Era - dating from the Battle of Actium between Marc Antony and Augustus - and Cos. XIII (2/1 BC) [B]Obv:[/B] ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY, laureate head right [B]Rev: [/B][ETOVΣ] Λ (Actian era date) NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocky outcropping, holding palm frond; below, half-length figure of river-god Orontes swimming right; in right field, monogram (=ΥΠΑTOY) and IΓ (consular iteration) above monogram (=ANTIOXIEΩN?) [B]Ref:[/B] RPC I [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4156']4156[/URL], McAlee 185; Prieur 55[/QUOTE]
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