Anonymous issues. Mid-late 1st century AD. Æ Tessera (16mm, 1.38 g, 7h).

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Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Anonymous issues. Mid-late 1st century AD. Æ Tessera (16mm, 1.38 g, 7h). Ceremonial scepter surmounted by beardless male bust left / A(ugusto) P(atri) P(atriae) F(eliciter) within jewelled wreath. Woytek, IO IO 10-12; Cohen VIII 53; Göbl, Antike 104. Rough brown surfaces. Near VF.

Woytek demonstrates that this extremely well engraved type is connected with triumphal celebrations. The abbreviated reverse legend can be expanded to Augusto Patri Patriae Feliciter (To Augustus, the happy father of the county!), which appears in a wreath he identifies as the corona ex auro Etrusca. The object on the obverse is a type of ceremonial scepter carried by the Roman magistrates responsible for the games, possibly displaying a miniature portrait of the magistrate himself.

Closing Date and Time: 1 September 2021 at 12:10:20 ET.

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