RY93152. Bronze 8 assaria, McAlee 803(a); Butcher 474a; Weber 7969; SNG Cop 250 - 251; BMC Galatia p. 206, 459 - 462, F, tight flan, porosity, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 15.981g, maximum diameter 31.8mm, die axis 180
o, obverse AVT KAI MA ANTΩNEINOC C, laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse ANTIOXEΩN M KOΛΩ, city-goddess seated left on rock, wearing turreted crown, two stalks of grain in right hand, left arm rests on rocks, river-god Orontes swimming left at her feet, above ram running left with head turned back right, Δ - E (Δ EΠAPXEIΩN - of the four eparchies) over S - C (senatus consulto) across field; from the Errett Bishop Collection;
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