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STATUE, City Commemorative of Antioch
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AE3/4 of Antioch, struck A.D.310 - 313 under Maximinus II.
Obverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI. Jupiter seated facing left on throne, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left.
Reverse: VICTORIA AVGG. Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and palm in her left; in right field, A; in exergue, ANT.
Diameter: 15mm | Weight: 1.6gms | Die Axis: 12
C : 53 | Vagi : 2955
The obverse of the coin possibly depicts the statue of Zeus Nikephoros at the Temple of Apollo at Daphne, near Antioch, which Antiochos IV commissioned for his great festival in 167 B.C.
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![STATUE, City Commemorative of Antioch
AE3/4 of Antioch, struck A.D.310 - 313 under Maximinus II.
[i]Obverse:[/i] IOVI CONSERVATORI. Jupiter seated facing left on throne, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left.
[i]Reverse:[/i] VICTORIA AVGG. Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and palm in her left; in right field, A; in exergue, ANT.
Diameter: 15mm | Weight: 1.6gms | Die Axis: 12
[b]C : 53 | Vagi : 2955[/b]
The obverse of the coin possibly depicts the statue of Zeus Nikephoros at the Temple of Apollo at Daphne, near Antioch, which Antiochos IV commissioned for his great festival in 167 B.C.](albums/userpics/10427/Antioch_commemorative_statue.JPG "STATUE, City Commemorative of Antioch
AE3/4 of Antioch, struck A.D.310 - 313 under Maximinus II.
[i]Obverse:[/i] IOVI CONSERVATORI. Jupiter seated facing left on throne, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left.
[i]Reverse:[/i] VICTORIA AVGG. Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and palm in her left; in right field, A; in exergue, ANT.
Diameter: 15mm | Weight: 1.6gms | Die Axis: 12
[b]C : 53 | Vagi : 2955[/b]
The obverse of the coin possibly depicts the statue of Zeus Nikephoros at the Temple of Apollo at Daphne, near Antioch, which Antiochos IV commissioned for his great festival in 167 B.C.")
