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Æ25–26 - Augustus Cithara
| Issuer | Oea |
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| Year | 8 BC - 5 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare or lightly laureate head of Augustus facing left, rendered in a Hellenistic-influenced style typical of provincial Tripolitanian coinage. The portrait displays naturalistic facial features with carefully delineated hair, encircled by a wreath border. A Latin legend runs around the periphery of the flan, partially visible due to the irregular edge of the coin. The die work reflects the provincial mint's adaptation of imperial portraiture to local artistic conventions. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Oea — modern Tripoli — was one of three Phoenician settlements comprising the Emporia region of North Africa, and its civic bronze issues under Augustus reflect a municipally administered coinage rather than direct imperial production. The city retained enough local autonomy to produce its own bronze well into the Augustan period, though these issues are thinly documented and survive in small numbers. Müller's catalogue remains the primary reference, and the die linkages between SBZ 39 and 40 suggest a single concentrated production run rather than multiple emissions across the date range.