RPC I, 1464

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1464
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, Β (below)
Edition Marcus Oppius Capito pro praetore praefectus classis faciundum curavit βʹ M(arcus) Oppius Capito pro pr(aetore) praef(ectus) class(is) f(aciundum) c(uravit) βʹ
Translation Marcus Oppius Capito, propraetor, prefect of the fleet, had (this) made, 2
Reverse design two ships under sail, right; above, two caps of Dioscuri
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 15.13 g
Axis 1, 7
Reference RSN 1987, 103–4, C
Specimens 34 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 852
2 2 –28     see RSN 1987, C 2–28
29 29     M. Roux coll.
30 30     M. Roux coll.
31 31     Private coll.
32 32     ✸ UBS 78, 9 Sept. 2008, lot 1192
33 33     M. Janssen coll. (ex CNG 155, 7 February 2024, lot 345) = Leu WA 33, 15 Mar. 2025, lot 1987
34 34     Leu WA 33, M. Janssen coll., 15 Mar. 2025, lot 1986 (ex Inasta 92, 22 Feb. 2021, lot 249)