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Æ30–32 - Augustus Minerva and Apollo
| Issuer | Oea |
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| Year | 8 BC - 5 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Augustus facing right, with finely rendered hair swept forward in the Augustan style. A laurel branch is visible to the left of the portrait in the field, and a caduceus or scroll ornament appears below the bust. The Latin legend IMP CAESAR AVGVSTVS runs around the periphery. The flan is irregular and shows typical characteristics of provincial hammered coinage. The portrait is rendered in a competent Hellenistic-Roman provincial style. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Oea — modern Tripoli — was one of three Phoenician trading settlements on the Libyan coast that gave the region its Roman name, Tripolitania. This bronze issue dates to the final years before Augustus reorganized provincial administration in Africa, a period when civic mints in the region exercised unusual latitude in their choice of divine imagery, pairing deities according to local religious priorities rather than Roman imperial prescription. The coin's catalogued references span Müller through Cohen, suggesting it attracted serious scholarly attention relatively early — Müller's *Die antiken Münzen* documented several Oean types that remained the only systematic treatment for decades.