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Æ24 SARD PATER
| Issuer | Uselis |
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| Year | 62 BC |
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| Reference(s) | RPC I#625 , FITA#150-2 |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Sardus Pater facing left, rendered in a bold, slightly archaic provincial style typical of Sardinian civic bronzes of the late Roman Republican period. The portrait is modelled in high relief with broad facial features, short hair indicated by smooth contours, and a plain neck truncation. The circular Latin legend M ATIVS BALBVS PR surrounds the bust, identifying the issuing magistrate Marcus Atius Balbus in his capacity as praetor. The flan is broad and irregular, with the legend beginning at the upper left and running clockwise around the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | M ATIVS BALBVS PR (Translation: Marcus Atius Balbus, praetor) |
| Reverse description | Radiate or wreathed head of Sardus Pater, the eponymous divine ancestor and tutelary deity of Sardinia, facing left, depicted with pronounced facial features and a crown of rays or foliage rendered in low but legible relief. The legend SARD PATER is distributed in the field around the bust, referencing the deity by his honorific title. The execution is characteristic of Sardinian civic issues of the late Republican period, with somewhat coarse but expressive engraving. The flan is irregular in outline, consistent with hand-struck provincial coinage of this era. |
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