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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancient Aussie, post: 3642942, member: 80147&quot;]These coins from Paestum have been traditionally referred to as Greek, but as it is an Italian issue of Paestum (Poseidona) from the Republican period this allows it to be classed as Provincial, also Crawford refers to it as &quot;subssidiary coinage&quot; so while not a province it was not official Roman coinage as there was no Imperial coinage at the time.[ATTACH=full]978092[/ATTACH] MAGNA GRECIA</p><p>LUCANIA</p><p>PAESTUM (Poseidonia)</p><p>Bronze semis. Circa 90-44 BC.</p><p>15mm, 3.41gm.</p><p>Obv: Female head right; MINEIA • M • F behind.</p><p>Rev: Two-story building; P-S flanking upper floor, S-C flanking lower.</p><p>Crawford, Paestum 38b; HN Italy 1258.</p><p>Rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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