A'xia Gens
plebeian, of which very little is known, as there are only two or three persons of this name mentioned by ancient writers.
There is a coin of this gens bearing on the obverse the cognomen
Naso, and on the reverse the inscription
L. Axsius L. F. (Eckhel, v. p. 148);
Axsius being instead of
Axius, in the same way as we find
Maxsumus for
Maxumus and
Alexsandrea for Alexandrea. We do not know who this
L. Axsius Naso was; as the Axii mentioned by ancient writers have no cognomen. [AXIUS.]