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Campania, Pompeii(?) Æ16. "Pseudo-Ebusus" issue, circa 1st century BC. Bes in schematic style, raising left arm; T to right / As obverse. ACIP 745; CNH 45; C. Stannard and S. Frey-Kupper, "'Pseudomints' and Small Change in Italy and Sicily in the Late Republic" in American Journal of Numismatics, vol. 20, 2008, pp. 351-404, pl. 84, 30. 3.22g, 16mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Amilcare Collection.
This issue belongs to a series of imitative coins which circulated in Italy and Sicily during the late Republic (imitations of Panormos, Ebusus, Massalia and Paestum have all been found). They were presumably struck to meet the growing demand for small coins during a period where supply was deficient - Rome ceased striking bronze following the As issued by Sulla in 82 BC (see Crawford 368/1), with the exception of the irregular issue struck for Antony and Atratinus in 40-39 BC (see Crawford 530/1). Clive Stannard and Suzanne Frey-Kupper have suggested that the "pseudo" coins of Ebusus and Massalia found in Italy were produced by the same "pseudomint", which was almost certainly located at Pompeii (see references).
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the Amilcare Collection.
This issue belongs to a series of imitative coins which circulated in Italy and Sicily during the late Republic (imitations of Panormos, Ebusus, Massalia and Paestum have all been found). They were presumably struck to meet the growing demand for small coins during a period where supply was deficient - Rome ceased striking bronze following the As issued by Sulla in 82 BC (see Crawford 368/1), with the exception of the irregular issue struck for Antony and Atratinus in 40-39 BC (see Crawford 530/1). Clive Stannard and Suzanne Frey-Kupper have suggested that the "pseudo" coins of Ebusus and Massalia found in Italy were produced by the same "pseudomint", which was almost certainly located at Pompeii (see references).