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Æ25 - Augustus ΛΕΠΤΙϹ, Α (under the bust)
| Issuer | Lepti Minus (Africa Proconsularis) |
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| Year | 20 BC |
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| Reference(s) | I#786 |
| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing left, rendered in the idealized Julio-Claudian portrait style. A lituus (augural staff) is placed in the field before the effigy. The encircling legend reads CAESAR DIVI F, identifying the emperor as son of the deified Julius Caesar. The portrait displays the characteristic smooth, classicizing features associated with Augustan coinage of the late 1st century BC. |
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| Mint | Lepti Minus (Africa Proconsularis) |
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Lepti Minus, a Phoenician foundation on the Tunisian coast, was granted the right to strike bronze civic coinage under Augustus as part of Rome's broader policy of consolidating loyalty among North African communities following the civil wars. The Α beneath the bust has been interpreted as a magistrate's initial or a series marker — the exact reading remains unresolved in the literature, which is unusual for a city whose civic issues are otherwise fairly well documented.