SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Trichalkon (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.27 g, 12 h), time of Hadrian, CY 177 = 128/9. [ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΤΗϹ] ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄⲰϹ Turreted and veiled head of Tyche of Antioch to right. Rev. ЄΤ ΖΟΡ - A Ram leaping right, head to left; above, star within crescent. Butcher 267. McAlee 125a. RPC III online 3730.3 (this coin). Harshly cleaned and the obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.


After a quarter of a century without civic issues and several experiments to substitute small Roman Imperial denominations for the civic coins, Antioch struck again minor civic coins under Hadrian, first a small issue in 123/4 and then a more substantial issue in 128/9. On this issue, the Greek marks of three officinae (Α, Β, Γ) appear on the reverse, together with the civic date according to the Caesarean Era, ZOP (= 128/9).