Semis - Augustus C LOLLI M DOI IIVIR P S S C

Paestum — the old Greek colony of Poseidonia, absorbed into Rome's colonial system in 273 BC — retained the right to strike its own bronze coinage well into the Augustan period, a privilege increasingly rare among Italian municipia by this date. The magistrates named in this issue, C. Lollius and M. Doius as duoviri, reflect the standard colonial administrative structure Rome imposed, but the coin itself is evidence of a local mint still functioning under Augustan reorganization of the western Italian monetary system.