Poseidonia / Paestum in Lucania, 100-91 BC., issued by Praetor Q. Laurentius, Semis, Crawford 25.
Poseidonia / Paestum in Lucania, issued by Roman magistrate Q. Laurentius, Praetor, ca. 100-91 BC.,
Æ Semis (17-18 mm / 4,72 g),
Obv.: Q LA[VR PR] / P Æ , scales with weight in one scale, corn ear in the other.
Rev.: S P DD [SS] / MIL. // S , two workmen, one striking with hammer a coin die on top of square block; in field l.: MIL ; value mark in exergue: S.
Historia Numorum Italy 1238 ; SNG Cop. 1372 ; M. Crawford, "The Form and Function of a Subsidiary Coinage" in "La Monetazione di Bronzo de Poseidonia-Paestum", 25 ; SNG Muenchen 1143 ; SNG Vol: XIII Newcastle Antiquaries Soc. ID: SNGuk_1301_0048 .