RPC I, 604

 

Image of specimen #34

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 604
Province Italy
Region Italy
City Paestum
Reign Augustus
Person (obv.) Augustus
Magistrate Gaius Lollius (duovir) ; Marcus Doi— (duovir)
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Augustus, right; before lituus
Reverse inscription C LOLLI M DOI IIVIR, P S S C (in exergue)
Edition C(aius) Lolli(us) M(arcus) Doi(—) IIvir(i) P(aestanorum) s(emis) S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Gaius Lollius (and) Marcus Doi—, duovirs, of the Paestans, semis, by decree of the senate
Reverse design veiled female figure seated, right, with sceptre and patera
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.84 g
Axis 6, 9, 10, 12
Reference Crawford no. 1, APT no. 4, BMC 78–9; Carbone, Paestum no. 47
Specimens 35 (5 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     L BMC 78
2 2     L BMC 79
3 3     L: 1880,0603.36
4 4     Cop SNG 1383
5 5 –28     Crawford 1
29 29     B APT no. 1
30 30     Auctiones AG 29, 12 June 2003, lot 70 (Righetti)
31 31     Nomos AG Auction 6, 8 May 2012, lot 132 (ex NAC O, 13 May 2004, lot 1155)
32 32     Tortora
33 33     CGT coll.
34 34     ✸ Münzen & Medaillen GmbH EA 3, 9 Oct. 2022, lot 85
35 35     Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection Part II, 1 June 2023, lot 1109