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Æ ΤΑΜΙΑΣ ΑΝΤΙϹΤΡΑ L Λ
| Issuer | Cyrenaica (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 34 BC - 31 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΛΟϹ ΠΟΥΠΙΟϹ L (Translation: Aulus Pupius, Libya) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Issued during the chaotic final years before Actium, this bronze belongs to the brief administrative experiment of combining Cyrenaica and Crete as a single Roman province — an arrangement that lasted only from around 34 BC until Augustus reorganized the east following his victory over Antony. The magistrate name encoded in the legend identifies a quaestor-level official, the ΤΑΜΙΑΣ (tamias) being the Greek equivalent of quaestor, responsible for provincial finances at a moment when those finances were being squeezed hard by the competing demands of Antony and Octavian.
The L Λ in the legend denotes regnal year 30 in the Ptolemaic counting system — a dating convention retained long after direct Ptolemaic rule had ended in Cyrene.