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328, Lot: 29. Estimate $100.
Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Paestum (Poseidonia). Circa 90-44 BC. Æ Semis (16mm, 4.59 g, 8h). Female head right; [MI]NEIA • M • [F] behind / Two-story building; P-S flanking upper floor, S-C flanking lower. Crawford, Paestum 38b; HN Italy 1258. Fine, dark green patina with touches of red, light roughness. Rare.


We have here the rare instance of a woman signing as the sponsor of a coinage issue. Mineia is also known from contemporary inscriptions as a major benefactor of the city of Paestum. The building, a public structure of some sort, may be another of her donations to the city, and it is even conceivable the female head is a portrait of Mineia herself.