Lot 332:
Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD). AE 26 mm, uncertain provincial mint, 'Q-series'. Obv. Bare head right. Rev. Spear, sella questoria and fiscus; below, Q. RPC I 5409. 17.62 g. 26 mm. Rare. About VF.
Ex VIA e-live 18, lot 334.
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).
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