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SYRIA, ANTIOCH - Under Roman Rule of Diocletian - Time of Great Persecution.
Anonymous tetrarchic, Æ 1/5 follis = denarius (16mm, 1.45gm.) Antioch, c.305 A.D.
Reference: Vagi 2594.  Dusty green patina. Very Rare.
GENIO AN TIOCHENI Tyche of the Orontes seated facing, river god Orontes swimming below.
APPOLLONI SANCTO Apollo standing, head left, holding patera and lyre, B at right.

 The famous "Tyche of Antioch" was a statue erected by Eutychides, a pupil of
Lysippus.