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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1468 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | I |
Number | 1468 |
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', light series |
Obverse inscription | M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET TER IIIVIR R P C |
Edition | 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 | 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 | leaded bronze |
Average diameter | 26 mm |
Average weight | 14.82 g |
Axis | 7 |
Reference | RSN 1987, 106, A |
Specimens | 12 (1 in the core collections) |