Roger Uselton Collection of Ancient and Biblical Coins
Coin Detail
- Uselton Catalog #: 17
- Class: Roman Imperatorial & Imperial
- Ruling Authority: Augustus (27 B.C. - 14 A.D.)
- Date Struck: 15 B.C.
- Type: AE (bronze) As
- Size: 24.50 mm.
- Weight: 8.26 g.
- Die Axis: 180°
- Obverse: Illegible; likely CAESAR AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST; bare head right.
- Reverse: Illegible; likely CN PISO CNFNI VIR AAA FF around large SC.
- Exergue:
- References:
- Original #: 28
“Unlike gold and silver issues, Roman Imperial bronze coins contained less than the full nominal value in metal. Their value was supported by the decree of the Senate–‘Senatus Consulto’ or SC.” -Forum Ancient Coins Cn. Piso seems to be a scarcer moneyer. “In the Roman Republic, moneyers were called tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo, literally “three men for striking (and) casting bronze, silver (and) gold (coins)” … The title was sometimes abbreviated III. VIR. AAAFF. or even III. VIR. A.P.F. (tresviri ad pecuniam feriundum) on the coinage itself. These men were collectively known as the tresviri monetales or sometimes, less correctly, as the triumviri monetales. The singular is triumvir monetalis. In English, they are also sometimes called mint magistrates.” –Wiki