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Message:: [QUOTE="ancientcoinguru, post: 2437706, member: 75563"]Here's a quadrans from the 1st century BC from Paestum, Lucania, issued (sponsored) by the Lady Mineia M. f.  I believe this is the only example of a Greek coin being struck in the name of a private person.  Lady Mineia's name appears on a list of magistrates of the town of Paestum.  Perhaps she took over the duties of the magistrate when her husband died? Her family was very wealthy, and Lady Mineia was generous.  The building shown on the reverse of the coin probably depicts a building that she donated to the town.The letters P. S. S. C. surrounding the building stand for Paesti Signatum Senatus Consulto. The legend surrounding her portrait is MINEIA M F.  Crawford and others have proposed that the obverse is the head of Mineia.  I don't believe there is any other Roman coin with the portrait of a female that was not a member of the imperial family, or a goddess. Does anyone know of another instance where a female held the office of magistrate?  Or of a Greek coin with the portrait of a female who was not a member of an imperial family or a goddess?  Or another example of a Greek coin being struck in the name of a private person?  If you do, please post! [ATTACH=full]507439[/ATTACH] 90-44 BC Lucania, Paestum (Mineia M. f., magistrate)AE Quadrans 4.0 gm - 14 mmObv: Female bust right, MINEIA M FRev: Two-story building, surrounded by P.S.S.CReferences: Crawford, Paestum 38b; HN Italy 1258; Price and Trell fig. 475.[/QUOTE]

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