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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 4272511, member: 111387&quot;]An RPC-SEARCH brings up these(also not the same magistrate as yours).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=&amp;number=&amp;city_id=113&amp;region_id=&amp;province_id=&amp;subprovince_id=&amp;issue_id=&amp;reign_id=40&amp;date_min=&amp;date_max=&amp;obverse_inscription_simplified=%CE%A3%CE%95%CE%92%CE%91%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A3&amp;reverse_inscription_simplified=&amp;obverse_design=&amp;reverse_design=Zeus&amp;metal_id=&amp;weight_min=&amp;weight_max=&amp;diameter_min=&amp;diameter_max=&amp;format=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=&amp;number=&amp;city_id=113&amp;region_id=&amp;province_id=&amp;subprovince_id=&amp;issue_id=&amp;reign_id=40&amp;date_min=&amp;date_max=&amp;obverse_inscription_simplified=%CE%A3%CE%95%CE%92%CE%91%CE%A3%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A3&amp;reverse_inscription_simplified=&amp;obverse_design=&amp;reverse_design=Zeus&amp;metal_id=&amp;weight_min=&amp;weight_max=&amp;diameter_min=&amp;diameter_max=&amp;format=" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=&amp;number=&amp;city_id=113&amp;region_id=&amp;province_id=&amp;subprovince_id=&amp;issue_id=&amp;reign_id=40&amp;date_min=&amp;date_max=&amp;obverse_inscription_simplified=ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ&amp;reverse_inscription_simplified=&amp;obverse_design=&amp;reverse_design=Zeus&amp;metal_id=&amp;weight_min=&amp;weight_max=&amp;diameter_min=&amp;diameter_max=&amp;format=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The nose on your coin(and Wildwinds) does appear more like Tiberius&#039; than it does Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the portrait is the only identifier suggesting Tiberius.&nbsp; Using deduction, one would think to attempt to disqualify Tiberius, rather than to attempt to qualify Augustus - considering that the type has generally been associated with the latter under other magistrates. </p><p><br /></p><p>As is well understood, provincial coinage can be somewhat abstract in its portraiture. </p><p><br /></p><p>My gut is leaning towards Augustus, and that the suggested attribution of Tiberius(?) has more to do with one&#039;s interpretation of the portrait rather than other identifiers suggesting Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is of course my very amateur opinion.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure others here can chime in.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s your gut feeling?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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