Syria, Antioch under Roman rule, Æ18. Time of Crassus, dated Year 13 of the Pompeian Era = 54 / 53 BC.

Syria, Antioch under Roman rule, Æ18. Time of Crassus, dated Year 13 of the Pompeian Era = 54 / 53 BC. Æ 20mm (8.19 g, 12h). Dated Pompeian Era 13 (54/3 BC). Laureate head of Zeus right / ANTIOCEW[N] THS MHTROPOLEW[S], Zeus Nikephoros seated left; IG (date) in exergue. Cf. RPC I 4212; . Good VF. When Pompey annexed Syria as part of the Roman Empire, the existing bronze coinage of Antioch continued unchanged, except for a new dating system keyed to the annexation