Classical Numismatic Group - Electronic Auction 559, Lot 328
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ (16mm, 5.38 g, 1h). Bare head right / Prow right; Q below. RPC I 5411; FITA p. 13-19. Earthen red-brown patina, light porosity. Near VF.
This issue has previously been attributed to a Macedonian mint with identification of the portrait as Brutus (Friedlander) or Caesar (Grant). RPC presents a case for a Cilician or Syrian origin, supported by find data, with a suggestion that the portrait is Octavian. Issues of similar portrait style, perhaps b...