ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Octavian(?). Circa 30 BC(?). Æ (20mm, 8.45 g, 12h). Fine.

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Roman Provincial, Bronze

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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Octavian(?). Circa 30 BC(?). Æ (20mm, 8.45 g, 12h). Bare head right / Fiscus, sella, quaestoria and hasta; Q below. RPC I 5410; FITA p. 13. Brown patina, minor deposits and roughness. Fine.

From the Hinder Collection.

This issue has previously been attributed to a Macedonian mint with the portrait identified either as Brutus (Friedlander), Caesar (Grant), or to the governor of Syria, Gaius Sosius (in the trade). RPC presents a case for an origin in northern Turkey, supported by find data, with a suggestion that the portrait is Octavian. Issues of similar portrait style, very likely by the same engraver, include the “Princeps Felix” coinage from Cilicia (RPC 4082-3).

Closing Date and Time: 28 June 2023 at 12:01:20 ET.

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