RPC I, 606


Image of specimen #4

Coin type
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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
Edition	Pae(stanorum) s(emis) S(enatus) C(onsulto) M(arcus) Egnatius Q(uintus) Octavius IIvir(i)
Translation	of the Paestans, semis, by decree of the senate, Marcus Egnatius (and) Quintus Octavius, duovirs
Reverse design	wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	5.05 g
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.