RPC I, 605

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 605
Province Italy
Region Italy
City Paestum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Gaius Lollius (duovir) ; Marcus Doi— (duovir)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Augustus, right; before, lituus
Reverse inscription C LOLLI M DOI, II VIRI, ITE, P S S C
Edition C(aius) Lolli(us) M(arcus) Doi(—) II viri ite(rum) P(aestanorum) s(emis) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Gaius Lollius (and) Marcus Doi—, duovirs for a second time, of the Paestans, semis, by decree of the senate
Reverse design Diana standing facing, holding spear and bow
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 4.40 g
Axis 8, 9, 11
Reference Crawford no. 2, APT no. 5, BMC 80–1; Carbone, Paestum no. 48
Specimens 17 (2 in the core collections)
Note Previously attributed to Tiberius, but the lituus suggests Augustus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 80
2 2     L BMC 81
3 3 –14     Crawford 2
15 15     CGT coll. = Savoca 99 Blue, 10 April 2021, lot 873
16 16     ✸ Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR EA 92, 2 Oct. 2020, lot 1125
17 17     Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection Part II, 1 June 2023, lot 1108 = LAC 77, 10 Sep. 2023, lot 367