RPC I, 608

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop SNG 1382
2 2     Crawford 3c
3 3     Crawford 3c
4 4     Crawford 3c
5 5     Crawford 3c