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Æ26 - Augustus (M PACCIVS MACXV FLAME, AVG)
| Issuer | Halaesa |
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| Year | 27 BC - 14 AD |
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| Weight | 10.70 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | M P(AC)CIVS MACXV FLAME, AVG |
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Halaesa, on Sicily's northern coast, had enjoyed a privileged relationship with Rome since siding against Carthage during the First Punic War — the city received early grants of tax exemption and autonomy that it fiercely protected for centuries. This issue names M. Paccius as magistrate, serving in a flaminical role tied to the imperial cult, one of the earliest provincial expressions of Augustus-worship to be institutionalized in coinage. Sicily's cities were among the first in the western Mediterranean to formalize that cult through local bronze production.