RPC I, 1459

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1459
Province Achaea
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain mint of Achaea
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator) ; Octavia
Magistrate Lucius Sempronius Atratinus (augur and designated consul)
Issue Mark Antony's 'fleet coinage', light series
Obverse inscription M ANT IMP TER COS DES ITER ET TER IIIVIR R P C
Edition M(arcus) Ant(onius) imp(erator) ter(tium) Co(n)s(ul) des(ignatus) iter(um) et ter(tium) ΙΙΙ vir r(ei) p(ublicae) c(onstituendae)
Translation Mark Antony, commander-in-chief for the third time, consul designate for the second and third times, triumvir for the restoration of the republic
Obverse design bare head of Antony, left, facing right; and bust of Octavia, right, facing left
Reverse inscription L ATRATINVS AVGVR COS DESIG, HS (at l.) Δ (below)
Edition L(ucius) Atratinus augur Co(n)s(ul) desig(natus) (sestertius) δʹ
Translation Lucius Atratinus, augur, consul designate, sestertius, 4
Reverse design a quadriga of hippocamps to right, surmounted by two drivers (Antony and Octavia?); square objects (astragalus?)
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.78 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference RSN 1986, 83–4, A
Specimens 17 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY Amandry RSN 1986, p. 83, 2A.4
2 2 –13     see RSN 1986, A 1–3, 5–7, 9–14
14 14     Venice-MAN: 3852
15 15     RW
16 16     Amandry RSN 1986, p. 83, 2A.8 = Sternberg 35, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 412 (ex J. Hirsch 24, Consul Weber, 1909, lot 777; Hess 1912, lot 337; R. Ratto, 23 Jan. 1924, lot 1414; Glendining, coll. H. P. Hall I, 1950, lot 786; Spink Genève, 15–16 Feb. 1977, lot 210)
17 17     ✸ CNG Triton XXVI, 10 Jan. 2023, lot 539