RPC I, 606


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/606 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	I
Number	606
Province	Italy
Region	Italy
City	Paestum
Reign	Augustus
Person (obv.)	Augustus
Magistrate	Marcus Egnatius (duovir) ; Quintus Octavius (duovir)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	laureate head of Augustus, r; before, lituus
Reverse inscription	PAE S S C, M EGNATIVS Q OCTAVIVS IIVIR
Reverse design	wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Axis	6
Reference	Crawford no. 3a, APT no. 1; Carbone, Paestum no. 49
Specimens	4 (2 in the core collections)
Note	Previously attributed to Tiberius, but the lituus suggests Augustus.