Augustus to Tiberius - RPC I 670

Brown patina, spots of verdigris. Near VF.

Roman Provincial. Time of Augustus (27 BCE - 14 CE) to Tiberius (14 CE - 37 CE) Bronze Ae unit, Sicily, uncertain mint

• Obverse: L [SEIO] PRO COS / Legend around D • D 
• Reverse: SEP[T ET] BALB [IIVIR] / Triskeles with gorgon head.
• Denomination: Ae17
• Metal: Bronze
• Mint: Uncertain Sicilian mint (10 - 20 CE)
• Weight/Size/Axis: 5.72 gm / 17 mm / 12

Reference:

• RPC I 670
• SNG Copenhagen 1062
• CNS 167 (Panormos)
• Bahrfeld no. 79
• Gabrici 123 (Panormos)
• BMC 13
• FITA 197 

Other Information:

• Issued by Lucius Seius, proconsul, and Septimius and Balbus, duoviri.
• The mint that produced these coins is uncertain because the city name was not included in the legend and incomplete details of the area in the historical record.  Most studies of the coin assign it to Panormos but Agrigentum and other cities have also been suggested.