AE Sestertius (sesterce) issued under Augustus by the moneyer T. Quinctius Crispinus (27 BC-14 AD)
(26.10 grams; 37 mm.)
Obv./ OB CIVIS SERVATOS in the middle of a oak-wreath (corona civica) between two laurel branches
Rev./ S C, T QVINCTIUS CRISPINVS III VIR AAAFF [i.e. Tres Vir Auro Argento Aere Flando Feriundo)
ref. RIC I 327 (private collection)
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Augustus’ sesterce of the series “Ob civis servatos” (“for having protected the citizens”), that was the motivation for having been rewarded with the corona civica (oak-wreath).
It is worth noted that on the sesterces issued by some emperors following Augustus, it can be read “ob cives servatos” instead of “ob civis servatos”, the latter probably being a less common plural accusative form in Latin language, but often used, amongst others, by Cicero (e.g. “Si haec non ad civis Romanos, non ad aliquos amicos nostrae civitatis, non ad eos qui populi Romani nomen audissent….; Cicero, “Orationes – In Verrem”)
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