Silver Stater Coin of Augustus
This silver stater coin commemorating Augustus Caesar was struck in Antioch of Syria in 5 B.C. On the obverse, ringed by the inscription “Sebastou Kaisaros” (“of Augustus Caesar”), Augustus’ laurel-crowned head faces right. The Tyche (“Fortune”) of Antioch, the city’s protective deity, sits on a rock on the reverse holding a palm branch as the River Orontes swims at her feet. The stater, worth four drachmas, was the coin denomination that Jesus said Peter would find inside a fish (Matt 17:27).
Matt 27:27, Luke 2:1, Luke 15:8
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