SYRIA. Antioch. Roman Rule (after 65/4 BC). AE tetrachalkon (28mm, 1h). NGC VF, countermark. Dated Year 3 (47/46 BC). Laureate head of Zeus right; countermark of female head right in incuse oval / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ / ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ / IΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ / ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, Nike standing right in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; headdress of Isis in inner left field, thunderbolt with Γ (date) in exergue, all within a laurel wreath. McAlee 46-48. RPC I 4219. From McAlee, The Coins of Roman Antioch (p. 74, note 25): "The coins of this year (Pompeian Era 19 = 48/7 BC) and year 3 of the Caesarean era are frequently seen with a countermark on the obverse which was previously described as "head of Apollo r." in an oval...it now seems likely that the countermark portrays Cleopatra, and was used to mark coins circulating in the Syro-Phoenician territories which were given to her by Mark Antony." HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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