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PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. Paullus Fabius Maximu. Proconsul of Asia, circa 10-9 BC. Æ (16mm, 3.36 g, 12h). Bryon son of Bryon, grammateus. Bare head of Fabius Maximus right / IEPAΠO/ΛEITΩN/BPYON in three lnes. RPC I 2934.2 (this coin); SNG München –. Earthen dark green patina. Good Fine. Rare.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Patrick Villemur Collection Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14 May 2008), lot 1342; Sternberg XXV (25 November 1991), lot 154.
Paullus Fabius Maximus, of the famed patrician gens Fabia, had served as consul in 11 BC. His time as proconsul in Asia is firmly set by the details of a solar calendar that he introduced in Asia during his tenure there (V. Ehrenberg and A.H.M. Jones, Documents Illustrating the Reign of Augustus [Oxford, 1976], pp. 115-6). Paullus Fabius was a close friend of Augustus, and his wife, Marcia, was a first cousin of the emperor. There is speculation that he committed suicide after being linked to the controversy surrounding Julia the Elder. His brother, Africanus Fabius Maximus, was consul in 10 BC, and his portrait also appears on provincial coins, as proconsul in Africa
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Patrick Villemur Collection Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14 May 2008), lot 1342; Sternberg XXV (25 November 1991), lot 154.
Paullus Fabius Maximus, of the famed patrician gens Fabia, had served as consul in 11 BC. His time as proconsul in Asia is firmly set by the details of a solar calendar that he introduced in Asia during his tenure there (V. Ehrenberg and A.H.M. Jones, Documents Illustrating the Reign of Augustus [Oxford, 1976], pp. 115-6). Paullus Fabius was a close friend of Augustus, and his wife, Marcia, was a first cousin of the emperor. There is speculation that he committed suicide after being linked to the controversy surrounding Julia the Elder. His brother, Africanus Fabius Maximus, was consul in 10 BC, and his portrait also appears on provincial coins, as proconsul in Africa