RPC I, 2201

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2201
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Cistophoric mint
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator)
Person (rev.) Octavia
Issue Ephesus?
Dating c. 39 BC
Obverse inscription M·ANTONIVS·IMP·COS·DESIG·ITER·ET·TERT
Edition M(arcus) Antonius Imp(erator) Co(n)s(ul) Desig(natus) iter(um) et tert(ium)
Translation Mark Antony, commander, consul designate for the second and third time
Obverse design head of Antony wearing ivy wreath, right; below, lituus; all enclosed in wreath of ivy leaves and flowers
Reverse inscription III·VIR·R·P·C
Edition III vir r(ei) p(ublicae) c(onstituendae)
Translation triumvir for the restoration of the republic
Reverse design draped bust of Octavia, right, above cista flanked by twisting serpents
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.52 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMCRR East 134, Walker, Metrology I, 341–9
Specimens 22 (14 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 92% (Walker, Metrology I, 341–59). 98 coins, 68 obv. dies. See now B. Hiltmann, Les cistophores de Marc Antoine. Un monnayage hellénistique en contexte romain (Bordeaux, 2023), for a full die study. Based on the fact that some dies use an alpha with a broken bar, and some an alpha with a straight bar, and that there are no links between them, she suggests two mints (perhaps Ephesus and Pergamum?).
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