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Semis - Tiberius A VERGILIVS OPT IIVIR
| Issuer | Paestum |
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| Year | 14-37 |
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| Value | Semis (1⁄32) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The god Mars depicted standing left upon a raised pedestal, rendered as a full-length figure in military attire. He holds a legionary standard in his right hand and a sword in his left, conveying martial authority. The Latin legend of the presiding duovir is distributed around the figure in the field, identifying the magistrate responsible for the issue. The workmanship reflects the provincial bronze-casting tradition of Paestum during the Julio-Claudian period. |
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Paestum — the Greek colony of Poseidonia, refounded as a Latin colony in 273 BC — retained the right to strike local bronze coinage well into the imperial period, an administrative privilege Rome extended selectively to veteran colonies. The duoviri whose names appear on issues like this one were the senior magistrates of the colonial government, and their inclusion on coinage was as much a declaration of local civic identity as it was a functional minting record. By the reign of Tiberius, such colonial bronzes were essentially the small change of local markets, moving no further than the surrounding territory.