Silver Stater Coin of Augustus
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