39 BC Provincial Rome Pontos Amaseia Æ Octavian,G. Sosius, Caesar RPC I 5409

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From Coin Talk:
Provincial coins of the Republic. Gaius Sosius or Augustus (?) Æ (27 mm, 17.48 g). Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Bust of a man right / Miscellaneous array of Roman political items. From left to right: Hasta, sella questoria, fiscus. Q below. RPC I 5409; AMNG II 29. (My example) This enigmatic bronze dates to the late Republic. We're not entirely sure where it was minted or for whom, leaving us to speculate on its origins. It belongs to a sequence of coins with shared characteristics that were minted in three denominations: RPC 5409 and 5410 are the heaviest, with an average weight of 19.02 g and 7.46 g respectively. They both feature the same design, a bust of an unknown man on the obverse and an assortment of Roman political items on the reverse. These are often associated with the Republican office of Questor. From left to right: A hasta, sella quaestoria and fiscus. These items were all used when collecting taxes out in the provinces. The Questor would be seated on the sella and use the fiscus (latin for basket) to store the collected taxes. The hasta (a spear essentially) would indicate that this questor held imperium, the roman authority to lead armies. Below them, a "Q" signifying the previously mentioned office of Questor.
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