SYRIA.Chalcis ad Belum.Augustus 27BC-AD14.AE. struck BC 32/31. ( B3.22g, 20mm, 12h )
Laurate head of Zeus right.
Reverse. ΒΠΣ ( year 282 = 32/31 BC ), Nike advancing right holding wreath in raised right hand and palm brach in left behind left shoulder, across lower field N-E.
Ref:RPC on-line 2447 ( two examples recorded )
Good very fine, slightly ragged edges, some earthen deposit in fields. Extremely rare.
This very rare coin was struck in the year Augustus defeated Mark Antony at the battle of Actium, Sept.31 BC.