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Æ18 C PROCVLEI L F
| Issuer | Cephallenia (Achaea) |
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| Year | 30 BC - 28 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Tyche facing right, wearing a turreted crown, depicted in profile with stylized features characteristic of late Hellenistic provincial coinage. The portrait is rendered in low relief typical of hammered bronze issues of the period. A monogram appears in the field, accompanied by the ethnic legend ΙΘΑΚ identifying the issuing city of Ithaca on the island of Cephallenia. |
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| Reverse description | A tall column on a stepped base occupies the central field, depicted in profile and rendered in low relief. The column motif is a known civic symbol associated with Roman administrative coinage of the period. The Latin legend C PROCVLEI L F, identifying the Roman magistrate Gaius Proculeius, son of Lucius, is distributed in the field to the left and right of the column. |
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Caius Proculeius was among Augustus's most trusted inner circle — Horace called him a man of generous spirit, and he was reportedly considered as a possible successor before Agrippa and Livia's son Tiberius eclipsed all others. He served as a negotiator sent to Cleopatra in 30 BC immediately after Actium, attempting to take her alive before she could poison herself. This bronze was struck on Cephallenia under his magistracy during precisely those years, placing it squarely within the administrative reorganization of Greece following Octavian's consolidation of power.