RPC I, 607


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/607 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	I
Number	607
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	Q OCT M EGN IIVIR S P S C
Edition	Q(uintus) Oct(avius) M(arcus) Egn(atius) IIvir(i) s(emis) P(aestanorum) s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation	Quintus Octavius (and) Marcus Egnatius, duovirs, semis, of the Paestans, by decree of the senate
Reverse design	wreath
Metal	copper-based alloy
Reference	Crawford no. 3b, APT no. 1; Carbone, Paestum no. 50
Specimens	5 (2 in the core collections)
Note	Previously attributed to Tiberius, but the lituus suggests Augustus.