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Æ23 - Augustus SISENNA PR COS L STATIVS FLACCVS P COTTA BA IIVIR
| Issuer | Agrigentum |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Reference(s) | I#668 , FITA#196 , CNS#40 |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, depicted with naturalistic portraiture characteristic of early Imperial coinage. The emperor's hair is rendered in short, layered strands swept forward over the brow. The bust is truncated at the neck with no drapery visible. The legend AVGVSTVS runs along the right field, partially visible. The overall style reflects the provincial mint's competent but somewhat informal execution. |
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| Obverse lettering | AVGVSTVS (Translation: Augustus) |
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Agrigentum's civic coinage under Augustus was administered locally by appointed magistrates, and this piece names four of them — Sisenna, Statius Flaccus, P. Cotta, and a figure recorded only as BA — an unusually crowded magistrate formula that suggests either a collegiate board or a single exceptional issue requiring extraordinary authorization. The PR COS in Sisenna's title points to a proconsular appointment, placing this coin within the narrow administrative machinery Rome used to manage Sicilian municipalities without stripping them of the appearance of self-governance.
Sicily had been a Roman province since 241 BC, but Agrigentum retained enough civic identity to produce locally struck bronze well into the Augustan period. CNS 40 is among the later attestations of that tradition.