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Semis ΠΟΥΠΙΟϹ ΤΑΜΙΑϹ
| Issuer | Cyrenaica (Cyrenaica and Crete) |
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| Year | 34 BC - 31 BC |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Ram standing left in profile, rendered in a naturalistic style typical of Cyrenaican provincial coinage. The animal is depicted with sturdy legs and a well-defined body. A Greek inscription appears along the upper field of the flan, reading ΑΝΤΙϹΤΡΑ with a regnal or year symbol (L), referencing the Roman propraetor of Libya. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hammered bronze production of the late Republican period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΝΤΙϹΤΡΑ L (Translation: propraetor, Libya) |
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The title ΤΑΜΙΑϹ — quaestor in Greek — identifies the Roman magistrate who authorized this issue, a practice common in eastern provincial minting where the quaestor held financial authority over the province. Publius, whose name appears in Latinized Greek as ΠΟΥΠΙΟϹ, administered Cyrenaica during the final convulsions of the Roman civil wars, the period bracketing Actium. Provincial bronze of this precise magistracy is sparsely documented, and SNG Copenhagen 1316 remains one of the primary reference points for attribution.