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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7804632, member: 99456"]Still contemplating who this might be, but I am most influenced by RPC arguments for "Octavian/Augustus".</p><p><br /></p><p>Several <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=303428" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=303428" rel="nofollow">CNG auction listing</a>, share this note: <font size="3">"In our opinion, both sets of Cilician or Syrian issues portray Sosius, a leading general of Marc Antony. Sosius was quaestor (symbolized on this coinage with a Q and the symbols of the office) in 39 BC. The island of Zacynthus, a fleet station of Antony's, issued coins in the name of C SOSIVS Q (RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1290" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1290" rel="nofollow">1290</a>), C SOSIVS IMP (RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1291" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1291" rel="nofollow">1291</a>), C SOSIVS COS DESIG (RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1292" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1292" rel="nofollow">1292</a>), and C SOSIVS COS (RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1293" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1293" rel="nofollow">1293</a>). The first of these issues coincides with the dating of this coin. Note that both include the title "Q". Sosius was governor of Syria in 38 BC. Antony supported Herod the Great against his rival Antigonus, and Josephus describes how Sosius commanded the Roman forces in support of Herod's claim."</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting to see that the wikipedia takes the side of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Sosius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Sosius" rel="nofollow">Gaius Sosius</a>".</p><p><br /></p><p>More on Gaius Sosius and his coins from this 1930 article by F. Shipley:</p><p>Shipley, Fr. W. (1930) : “<a href="https://tpsalomonreinach.mom.fr/Reinach/MOM_TP_071849/MOM_TP_071849_0001/PDF/MOM_TP_071849_0001.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://tpsalomonreinach.mom.fr/Reinach/MOM_TP_071849/MOM_TP_071849_0001/PDF/MOM_TP_071849_0001.pdf" rel="nofollow">C. Sosius, His Coins, His Triumph and His Temple of Apollo</a>”, Washington University studies, N.S., 3, 73-87.</p><p><br /></p><p>While I find intriguing the idea that this coin is from Gaius Sosius - the similarity of the portrait to Augustus seems hard to ignore (and Gaius Sosius would have been on the Mark Antony side of that fight). I would also like to know if there is an example of a Quaestor putting his own portrait on a coin? It would also be useful to have more information on who @ CNG wrote this and how the coincidence of dating is supported.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7804632, member: 99456"]Still contemplating who this might be, but I am most influenced by RPC arguments for "Octavian/Augustus". Several [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=303428']CNG auction listing[/URL], share this note: [SIZE=3]"In our opinion, both sets of Cilician or Syrian issues portray Sosius, a leading general of Marc Antony. Sosius was quaestor (symbolized on this coinage with a Q and the symbols of the office) in 39 BC. The island of Zacynthus, a fleet station of Antony's, issued coins in the name of C SOSIVS Q (RPC [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1290']1290[/URL]), C SOSIVS IMP (RPC [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1291']1291[/URL]), C SOSIVS COS DESIG (RPC [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1292']1292[/URL]), and C SOSIVS COS (RPC [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1293']1293[/URL]). The first of these issues coincides with the dating of this coin. Note that both include the title "Q". Sosius was governor of Syria in 38 BC. Antony supported Herod the Great against his rival Antigonus, and Josephus describes how Sosius commanded the Roman forces in support of Herod's claim."[/SIZE] Interesting to see that the wikipedia takes the side of "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Sosius']Gaius Sosius[/URL]". More on Gaius Sosius and his coins from this 1930 article by F. Shipley: Shipley, Fr. W. (1930) : “[URL='https://tpsalomonreinach.mom.fr/Reinach/MOM_TP_071849/MOM_TP_071849_0001/PDF/MOM_TP_071849_0001.pdf']C. Sosius, His Coins, His Triumph and His Temple of Apollo[/URL]”, Washington University studies, N.S., 3, 73-87. While I find intriguing the idea that this coin is from Gaius Sosius - the similarity of the portrait to Augustus seems hard to ignore (and Gaius Sosius would have been on the Mark Antony side of that fight). I would also like to know if there is an example of a Quaestor putting his own portrait on a coin? It would also be useful to have more information on who @ CNG wrote this and how the coincidence of dating is supported.[/QUOTE]
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