P. Quinctilius Varus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)

Laureate head of Zeus right

ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ, ΕΚ (in right field)
Tyche of Antioch seated, right, with palm branch; before river god Orontes

Antioch, Syria
Year 25 (EK) 7/6 BCE

7.63g

RPC 4242

Ex-Nummitra Auction 3, lot 610

Minted while Varus was governor of Syria, during which time he put down a Jewish revolt after the death of Herod the Great. He would then be transferred to Germania where he suffered defeat at the hands of Arminius. Augustus is said to have cried out "Quinctilius Varus, Give me back my legions!"

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