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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Cilicia| > RP85834
Octavian, Triumvir and Imperator, c. 31 - 30 B.C., Colonia Julia, Cilicia
|Cilicia|, |Octavian,| |Triumvir| |and| |Imperator,| |c.| |31| |-| |30| |B.C.,| |Colonia| |Julia,| |Cilicia|, The location of this mint has been the subject of some debate. The monograms on the reverse abbreviate the names of the two duovirs.
RP85834. Bronze AE 20, RPC I 4083 (21 spec.), SNG Levante 597 (Ninica), SNG BnF 778(Ninica), Lindgren-Kovacs 1553, VF, tight flan, bumps and scratches, light deposits, Colonia Julia mint, weight 5.626g, maximum diameter 19.9mm, die axis 135o, c. 31 - 30 B.C.; obverse PRINCEPS FELIX, bare head of Octavian right; countermark edge upper right: capricorn (or Pegasos?) right in a rectangular punch; reverse two humped oxen pulling plow left, COLONIA / IVLIA in two lines above and lower right, IIVIR (duovirs) in upper right field, VE and TER monograms in left field; countermark edge lower left: branch(?) in an oval punch; SOLD










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