Catalog
Æ25 - Gaius Sosius[?] Q, Cilicia
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare male head facing right, rendered in bold relief with strong, naturalistic features consistent with late Republican portraiture. The head is unadorned and closely cropped, with the neck truncation visible at the base. The field is plain and uninscribed, with no legend present. The portrait is attributed tentatively to Gaius Sosius, Roman governor of Cilicia, based on associated typological evidence. |
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| Reverse description | Quaestorian symbols depicted in combination: a fiscus (money chest or strongbox), a sella curulis (magistrate's folding stool or quaestor's seat), and a hasta (spear or staff of office), arranged together in the field. These implements collectively serve as emblems of the quaestorship, referencing financial and administrative authority. The composition is unframed and set against a plain field. A single letter Q appears as the sole inscription, identifying the quaestorian association of the type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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