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ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Octavian(?). Circa 30 BC(?). Æ (19.5mm, 6.87 g, 12h). Bare head right / Fiscus, sella, quaestoria and hasta; [Q] below. RPC I 5410; FITA p. 13. Near VF, dark green and red-brown surfaces, pits on obverse, some smoothing and cleaning marks. Scarce.
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 of Syria, Gaius Sosius (in the trade). RPC presents a case for a Cilician or Syrian origin, 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).
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 of Syria, Gaius Sosius (in the trade). RPC presents a case for a Cilician or Syrian origin, 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).