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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2541158, member: 75525&quot;]I picked up an interesting coin at a coin show last weekend. It was a bit out of my normal collecting area, Provincial, Imperatorial, but who can go wrong with an Octavian coin in high relief?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]544612[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]544613[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus Æ21 of Uncertain Mint, Asia Minor.</p><p>Circa 27 BC – AD 14.</p><p>Obv - Bare head right</p><p>Rev - Spear, sella quaestoria (Quaestor’s seat of office), and fiscus (imperial treasury); Q below sella.</p><p>RPC 5409 (5410?)</p><p>7.63 g, 21mm, 0 h. Good Very Fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin description lists Octavian on the front.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]544614[/ATTACH] </p><p>But... on the back of the flip the name changed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]544615[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There is some debate as to the portrait on this type, as well as its origin. The obverse style is strikingly similar to that of RPC 4082 (Cilicia), which has the legend PRINCEPS FELIX, identifying the portrait indubitably as Augustus. It has also been suggested that the type portrays C. Sosius, a general of Marc Antony, who was quaestor of Syria and Cilicia in 38 BC. (Roma Num.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure if I should be unhappy. It is a neat coin with a good portriate, but of whom?</p><p><br /></p><p>PS - the coin was pardoned and released from its case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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