Æ25 - Augustus ΛΕΠΤΙϹ, Α (under the bust)

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.