RPC I, 1462

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1462
Province Achaea
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain mint of Achaea
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator) ; Octavia
Magistrate Marcus Oppius Capito
Issue Mark Antony's 'fleet coinage', heavy series
Obverse inscription M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET TER IIIVIR R P C
Edition Marcus Antonius imperator tertium Consul designatus iterum et tertium IIIvir rei publicae constituendae M(arcus) Ant(onius) imp(erator) tert(ium) Co(n)s(ul) desig(natus) iter(um) et ter(tium) IIIvir 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 M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C, HS (left), Δ (below)
Edition Marcus Oppius Capito pro praetore praefectus classis faciundum curavit sestertius δʹ M(arcus) Oppius Capito pro pr(aetore) praef(ectus) class(is) f(aciundum) c(uravit) (sestertius) δʹ
Translation Marcus Oppius Capito, propraetor, prefect of the fleet, had (this) made, sestertius, 4
Reverse design a quadriga of hippocamps to right, surmounted by two drivers (Antony and Octavia?); square objects (astragalus?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 31.37 g
Reference RSN 1987, 102, A
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Spink Geneva, 15–16/II/1977, lot 212 = ex Hess-Leu 36/1968, lot 419
2 2     L: Blacas 1867
3 3     JSW
4 4     M M list 164, Jan. 1957, lot 30 = Finarte asta 995 [Fontana] (27.11.1996), lot 791
5 5     ✸ M. Stolt coll. (ex Aste Bolaffi 33, 29 Nov. 2018, lot 310) = Triton XXV, 11-12 Jan. 2022, lot 636