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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7375644, member: 97383&quot;]I finally got around to photographing my 1st addition of the year, another Tet from Antioch, Syria pictured below <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1284667[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SELEUCIS &amp; PIERIA, Antioch Mint, Quintus Caecilius Bassus, Dated Year 4 of the Caesarean Era (46-45 BC). AR Tetradrachm: 27 mm, 15.58 gm, 12 h. Obverse: Diademed head of Philip I facing right within a fillet border. Reverse: Zeus Nicephorus seated facing left holding a figure of Nike presenting him with a laurel wreath while he holds a long scepter. In exergue the Greek date letter <i>delta</i>. McAlee 5a. Prieur 5, 12 cited.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>This coin is by no means rare, however, it is not common like the Tets of Aulus Gabinius, 57-55 BC. This coin is well struck &amp; centered with little wear &amp; has attractive toning. Bassus was a supporter of Pompey, &amp; led an insurrection against the Governor of Syria, Julius Caesar&#039;s cousin Sextus. After Sextus was murdered by his own soldiers, Bassus took control of Antioch &amp; became the commandant of Roman forces in Syria. He maintained control for a short while during the turmoil of Caesar&#039;s assassination. When Cassius, one of Caesar&#039;s assassins, arrived in Syria he took command of the Roman forces &amp; Bassus disappeared <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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