RPC I, 608

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 608
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, left; before, lituus
Reverse inscription Q OCT M EGN IIVIR S P S C
Edition Quintus Octavius Marcus Egnatius IIviri semis Paestanorum senatus consulto 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
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 12
Reference Crawford no. 3c, APT no. 2; Carbone, Paestum no. 51
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Note Previously attributed to Tiberius, but the lituus suggests Augustus.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop SNG 1382
2 2     Crawford 3c
3 3     Crawford 3c
4 4     Crawford 3c
5 5     Crawford 3c