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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 4657409, member: 87809&quot;]At Ephesus, in 28 BC, a cistophorus was issued with the laureate head of Octavian on the obverse and the goddess Pax on the reverse - the type shown by Mike Margolis. The date is confirmed by Octavian’s titles which do not include AVGVSTVS. A significant coin, because it marks the beginning of the PAX ROMANA, which prevailed in the Roman Empire for the next hundred years. The title AVGVSTVS appeared on the subsequent silver issues of Octavian, but as there is no indication of where they were minted, it is uncertain whether the mint was Ephesus or Pergamum. C.H.V. Sutherland in his book, &quot;The Cistophori of Augustus&quot;, concluded that only three types were minted at Ephesus from about 25 to 20 BC. On the reverse of the first type there is a Capricorn, the star-sign under which Augustus was born. A similar coin was minted at Pergamum. On the second type there is a bunch of six ears of corn. Again, a similar coin was minted at Pergamum. On the third type there is an altar, decorated with deer, of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, like this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ionia, Ephesus, struck ca.25 - 20 BC</p><p>25 x 26 mm, 11.136 g</p><p>RIC I 479 or 482; RPC I 2215; BMC 694; BN 922; Sutherland group V–VIγ;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP CAE-SAR Bare head of Augustus to right</p><p>Rev.: AVGVSTVS on garlanded and filleted altar; on the front, two stags facing each other</p><p>[ATTACH]1149463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1149466[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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