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Bronze - Æ 20-21 mm - 7,0 grams - Die axis 02:00- Struck 148-146 BC.
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- legend indiscernible -
Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet
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ΓAIOY T/AMIOY [ΠOΠΛIOY] (Gaiu Tamiu (Popliu) - Gaius Tamius Publius).
Standing cow, grazing rightwards. Between his legs TB in monogram
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Minted under G Publius (Quaestor) for the just conquered stated of Macedonia (148-146 BC). A Quaestor was a Roman magistrate with responsibility for the treasury. In early times he had also had judicial powers. At first there were two quaestors. Sulla named 20, and Caesar set 40 as the number (45 BC), but Augustus reduced them to 20. Quaestors were in theory deputies for consuls, praetors, or proconsuls. A quaestorship was the first magistracy sought by an ambitious young man.
Minted for the Provincia Macedonia.
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good.
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