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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3642804, member: 85693&quot;]This coin was part of a big lot of miscellaneous ancients I bought last December.&nbsp; It was in my box of unidentified/unidentifiable stuff that I finally got around to this morning.&nbsp; Back in December I thought it might be Icini, or some other semi-barbarous issue from Gaul or the Danube area - this was completely barking up the wrong tree.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]977971[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So today I started out guessing along a different path - that bust looks like a Provincial Augustus or Tiberius?&nbsp; Spanish Provincial?&nbsp; Probably Victory/Nike on reverse with a clear &quot;ICINI&quot;.&nbsp; After several Google image searches, some silver started coming up that looked like mine, and after a couple hours I found mine and started laughing maniacally, alarming the cat and my Better Half.&nbsp; I am starting to wonder if I am getting addicted to this kind of amateur coin sleuthing.&nbsp; It sure is fun when it works out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although it is small, off-center and ugly, it is kind of interesting, I think:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tiberius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Semis</b></p><p><b>L. Licinius, Duovir</b></p><p><b>Paestum-Poseidonia, Lucania</b></p><p><b>(c. 14-37 A.D.)</b></p><p>[P]-S -C across fields, laureate head right / [L] LICINI(VS) II[VIR], Victory walking right, holding wreath and palm branch.</p><p>RPC 613; Crawford 6; SNG Cop 1386. (var. rev. leg.)</p><p>(3.81 grams / 14 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>They are a bit scarce; I found three examples, 2 on FORVM and one on Wildwinds. Mine lacks the VS at the end of LICINIVS, which I assume is a variation? Or mine is a fake of some sort, presumably ancient.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse, the weird S hanging out in the middle of the right field (and a faintly visible C below) is part of a &quot;P.S.S.C&quot; inscription that was explained on Wikipedia (sometimes Wikipedia has some pretty good</p><p>coin info):</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The coins of Paestum begin about 550 BC. These early issues were perhaps all festival coins. They usually have Poseidon with upraised trident. Issues continue until the reign of Tiberius. For unknown reasons Paestum alone of all the smaller Italian mints, was allowed to continue minting bronze coins by a Senatorial decree of about 89 BC, after this had been centralized. Later coins carry &quot;P. S. S. C.&quot;, standing for &quot;Paesti Signatum Senatus Consulto&quot; to reflect this.[29]&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Any other information on this coin, or other examples, would be appreciated. Also, does anybody know why this is listed in Crawford? Is it Roman Republican or Roman Provincial? I am very unfamiliar with this</p><p>kind of material. I have access to Crawford but it is not immediately at hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><u><strike><br /></strike></u></p><p><u><strike><br /></strike></u></p><p><u><strike><br /></strike></u></p><p><u><strike></strike></u>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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