LUCANIA, Paestum (Poseidonia). Circa 90-44 BC. Æ Semis (14.16 mm, 2.42 g). d/ Female head right r/ Two-story building. Crawford, Paestum 38b; HN Italy 1258. Rare. We have here the rare instance of a woman signing as the sponsor of a coinage issue. Mineia is also known from contemporary inscriptions as a major benefactor of the city of Paestum. The building, a public structure of some sort, may be another of her donations to the city, and it is even conceivable the female head is a portrait of Mineia herself.

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LUCANIA, Paestum (Poseidonia). Circa 90-44 BC. Æ Semis (14.16 mm, 2.42 g). d/ Female head right r/ Two-story building. Crawford, Paestum 38b; HN Italy 1258. Rare. We have here the rare instance of a woman signing as the sponsor of a coinage issue. Mineia is also known from contemporary inscriptions as a major benefactor of the city of Paestum. The building, a public structure of some sort, may be another of her donations to the city, and it is even conceivable the female head is a portrait of Mineia herself.

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