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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26227167, member: 128351&quot;]There is another large bronze of Antioch, a 8 assaria coin: see the H in exergue, H means 8 in Greek. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1675028[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander, Antioch on the Orontes. </p><p>Obv.: [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ] ΜΑΡ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ Ϲ, laureate bust of Severus Alexander, left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and shield </p><p>Rev.: ΑΝΤΙΟΧ[ΕΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ] ΚΟΛ / Δ Ε / S C / Η, Tyche of Antioch seated on rock, left, holding corn ears, looking back; at her feet, river god Orontes swimming, left; to left, another Tyche (?) standing facing, head right, holding rudder and cornucopia; to right, the Emperor standing, left, holding parazonium and crowning the Tyche of Antioch</p><p><br /></p><p>This group is probably inspired by a group of statues erected in the theatre of Antioch by Trajan, to commemorate the reconstruction of the city after a major earthquake. It represented the Tyche of Antioch, in gilded bronze, crowned by the hellenistic kings Seleucos I and Antiochos I. This group has now disappeared of course, but is mentioned by John Malalas who tells it was another poor virgin who was sacrificed by Trajan and named Calliope.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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