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 Marcus Antonius Imperator Consul Designatus iterum et tertium 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 rei publicae constituendae 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 11.51 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMCRR East 134, Walker, Metrology I, 341–9
Specimens 23 (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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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMCRR East 134
2 2     Nomos 19, 17 Nov. 2019, lot 245
3 3     Freiburg: 00362
4 4     B: 18216082, 1872/573
5 5     NY: 1935.117.40
6 6     NY: 1949.98.402
7 7     NY: 1944.100.7008
8 8     NY: 1964.134.2
9 9     NY: 1948.19.297
10 10     NY: 1954.185.1
11 11     V: GR 16007
12 12     V: GR 16010
13 13     ✸ D. Kimel coll.
14 14     H.I. coll.
15 15     Boston: 1981.165
16 16     B: 18213359, 1853 Rauch
17 17     B: 18213364, 1852/11232
18 18     B: 18213367, Alter Bestand (vor 1700)
19 19     B: 18213371, 1873 Gansauge
20 20     D. Kimel coll.
21 21     CNG EA 424, 12 Dec. 2018, lot 214
22 22     CNG 56, 8 Jan. 2003, lot 109
23 23     Gabriel Pacifico coll. (ex Demos 49, 27 Apr. 2025, lot 2093)