Paestum Coins [info Poseidonia/Paestum]
.. denomination weights n description Obv/Rev [Ref.]
540-290 BC Poseidonia
280-268 BC
AR stater 6.56- 7.11 2 hd river-god/Dioscuri on horseback [SNG München 1087, Taliercio Mensitieri M 1996]
264-241 BC Paestum (280 BC Pyrrhus' arrival in Italy, 273 BC Latin colony, 264-241 BC First Punic War)
ethnic PAIS...
AE unit 4.89- 9.63 82 hd Neptune/dolphinrider, Neptune or Cupid [Crawford 1-3]
209-... BC Paestum one of the 18 Latin colonies loyal to Rome
AE sextans 3.70- 8.55 28 hd Neptune, 2 pellets /dolphin, 2 pellets [Crawford 4/1]
AE uncia 2.07- 4.08 14 hd Neptune, 1 pellet /trident [Crawford 4/2]
AE semuncia 0.84- 2.37 16 hd Neptune /dolphin [Crawford 4/3]
AE quartuncia 1.71 1 hds Dioscuri /dolphin [Crawford 4/4, BM 31]
AE triens 1.85- 8.28 208 hd Dionysus /cornucopiae [Crawford 5/1, 6/1, 7/1, 8/1, 9/1, 10/1, 11/1]
AE quadrans 2.02- 5.02 136 hd Neptune, 3 pellets /dolphin, 3 pellets [Crawford 5/2, 6/2, 7/2, 8/2, 9/2, 10/2, 11/2]
AE sextans 2.05- 5.96 93 hd Ceres, [2 pellets] /forepart boar, 2 pellets [Crawford 5/3, 12/1]
AE sextans 1.95- 4.81 85 hd Ceres, 2 pellets /boar, 2 pellets [Crawford 6/3, 7/3, 8/3, 9/3, 10/3]
AE sescuncia 1.75- 3.30 35 hd Ceres, [sigma] /dog running, sigma [Crawford 5/4, 6/4]
AE uncia 1.19- 3.17 78 hd Artemis (female) /corn-ear, 1 pellet [Crawford 5/5, 6/5, 7/4, 8/4, 9/4, 12/2]
S Q
AE semis 1.95- 7.94 20 hd Neptune, S /trident [Crawford 13, ANS2 728-9]
125 BC-... ethnic PAE[S...]
anonymous
AE sextans 1.70- 3.62 25 hd Ceres /forepart boar, 2 pellets [Crawford 14]
fish
AE quadrans 2.47- 3.52 7 hd Neptune, 3 pellets /dolphin, 3 pellets [Crawford 15]
AE triens 1.88- 4.87 22 Macedonian shield, 4 p /cornucopiae [on thunderbolt] [Crawford 16/1, ANS2 770]
AE sextans 2.67- 3.63 2 hd female, 2 pellets /boar [Crawford 16/2]
AE sextans 2.21- 2.85 3 dolphin /trident, 2 pellets [Crawford 17]
AE triens 2.13- 3.97 12 hd Dionysus, star /cornucopiae, 4 pellets [Crawford 18]
AE triens 2.00- 4.24 38 lion /cornucopiae, 4 pellets [Crawford 19, ANS2 771-2]
AE semis 4.60- 7.46 22 hd Neptune, S /rudder and anchor crossed [Crawford 20]
AE semis 3.67- 6.70 12 hd Neptune /prow, S [Crawford 21/1, ANS2 768]
AE triens 2.05- 4.40 22 elephant /cornucopiae, 4 pellets [Crawford 21/2, ANS2 777]
AE semis 3.67- 6.70 12 hd Neptune , S /prow between dolphins [Crawford 22/1]
AE triens 2.05- 4.40 22 hd female, 4 pellets /cornucopiae [Crawford 22/2, Cop 1354? 1355, Bud 318-9, ANS2 731-9, 775-6]
AE sextans 1.77- 2.54 6 hd Artemis, 2 pellets /forepart boar, 2 pellets [Crawford 22/3]
AE semis 3.15- 5.40 6 hd female , S /wreath, letters within [Crawford 23/1]
AE triens? 3.37- 3.52 3 hds Dioscuri /swan [Crawford 23/2]
AE sextans? 2.03 2 hd female /dolphin [Crawford 22/3]
AE semis 3.15- 5.61 27 temple /wreath, letters within [Crawford 24, Bud 321, ANS2 780-2]
AE semis 3.22- 6.30 13 scales /coining-scene, in ex S [Crawford 25/1]
AE triens 1.71- 4.88 24 hds Dioscuri,border wreath/corn-ear, 4 pellets [Crawford 25/2, ANS2 778-9]
AE sextans 1.39- 3.10 16 hd Artemis /boar, 2 pellets [Crawford 25/3, ANS2 769]
AE semis 2.00- 5.09 52 boar wounded by spear, S /L.ARTVE C.COMIN II.VIR [Crawford 26]
AE semis 3.82- 7.65 30 hd Ceres /corn-ear [Crawford 27]
AE semis 2.87- 7.54 21 hd Heracles /club [Crawford 28]
AE triens 2.56- 3.22 2 crossed shields /bull, 4 pellets [Crawford 29a]
AE triens 3.83 1 crossed shields /boar [Crawford 29b]
AE triens 2.80 1 crossed shields /lion [Crawford 29c]
AE triens 2.63- 3.04 2 hd female /lion [Crawford 29d]
AE triens 2.16- 4.85 10 chair, 4 pellets /fasces [Crawford 30]
AE semis 2.17- 4.21 23 hd Corinthian helmeted, S /rudder [Crawford 31/1]
AE triens 2.70- 2.72 3 hd Mercury, 4 pellets /caduceus [Crawford 31/2]
AE semis 2.33- 6.50 75 hd Corinthian helmeted, S /clasped hands [Crawford 32]
AE semis 2.20- 3.27 14 PAE-S, L.MARCI.N.GAVI.II.VIR around/temple, seated female [Crawford 33]
AE semis 2.02- 4.28 13 hd bust Victory, S /palm-branch on laurel-wreath [Crawford 34]
AE semis 1.98- 3.90 40 anchor /rudder [Crawford 35/1, Bud 322]
AE quadrans 1.88- 2.64 5 FAD.PONT /cornucopiae, 3 pellets [Crawford 35/2]
AE semis 1.90- 4.29 34 jug and torch /anchor, S [Crawford 36, ANS2 773-4]
AE semis 3.18- 4.10 5 hd female /three-storey building [Crawford 37] hd Juno Moneta?
AE semis 2.00- 5.95 73 hd female /two -storey building [Crawford 38] hd Juno Moneta?
AE ... 4.35 1 hd youth l. /poppy between two ears, PAISTANO (Oscan) [SNG IV Fitzwilliam 567]
AE ... 3.46 1 jug between two /IVI IS CORD IIIVIR VN III [Bud 323]
AE ... 4.60 1 Janiform head/Victoria with trophy [Cop 1377]
AE ... 3.77 1 hd Athena helm/male stg with spear [Cop 1378]
AE ... 3.77 1 hd Tiberius?/standard [Cop 1379]
AE ... 2.99- 4.17 2 hd Tiberius/wreath letters [Cop 1381-2]
AE ... 3.84 1 hd Tiberius/Livia? seated [Cop 1383]
AE ... 2.93 1 hd Tiberius/Mars stg helmeted [Cop 1384]
AE ... 2.90 1 hd Tiberius/biga with Victoria [Cop 1385]
AE ... 3.45 1 hd Tiberius/Victoria [Cop 1386]
AE sextans 5.65 1 hd Artemis /dog (2p) [Cop 1345, Segesta???]
Arrangements, weights and numbers are from:
Crawford M (1973) Paestum and Rome. The Form and Function of a Subsidiary Coinage, in La monetazione di bronzo di Poseidonia-Paestum, Atti del III Convegno del Centro di Studi Numismatici (Napoli 1969), pp 25-45
The weights and numbers of the silver coin types have been derived from a limited number of numismatic literature.