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Æ16 - Lucius Lollius ΛΟΛΛΙΟΥ
| Issuer | Cyrene (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 37 BC - 34 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse lettering | B (Translation: 2) |
| Reverse description | Upright caduceus at centre, its staff flanked below by a poppy head to the left and an ear of grain to the right, symbolising the fertility and commerce of Cyrenaica. The intertwined serpents surmount the staff in the customary Hellenistic fashion. The Greek legend ΛΟΛΛΙΟΥ, the genitive form of the Roman magistrate Lucius Lollius, curves around the field, accompanied by the value mark B. The design occupies the full flan in a bold, if somewhat crudely struck, style characteristic of late Republican provincial bronzes. |
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Lucius Lollius served as one of the Roman administrators overseeing Cyrenaica in the years following Octavian's reorganization of the region after Antony's cession of it to Cleopatra — a period of genuine institutional ambiguity, when local bronze coinage of this kind filled gaps that Roman imperial infrastructure had not yet closed. The magistrate's name on the issue places it firmly within a transitional moment, before Augustus formalized provincial governance after Actium.