RPC I, 2202

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 2202
Province Asia
Region Uncertain
City Cistophoric mint
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator) ; 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 and bust of Octavia, jugate, right
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 Bacchus standing, left, on cista between twisting serpents
Metal silver
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.93 g
Axis 1, 11, 12
Reference BMCRR East 136
Specimens 23 (17 in the core collections)
Note Fineness: 92% (Walker, Metrology I, 341–59). 139 coins, 103 obv. dies. Countermark: IMP VES AVG (GIC 840; SM 1963, 5 (j) and 8 (m)). 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 136
2 2     B: 18200378
3 3     ✸ B: 18213381
4 4     CNG MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, lot 991
5 5     NY: 1944.100.7032
6 6     NY: 1944.100.7016
7 7     NY: 1944.100.7018
8 8     NY: 1964.134.3
9 9     NY: 0000.999.4212
10 10     NY: 1980.109.154
12 12     NY: 1995.11.837
13 13     V: GR 16011
14 14     V: GR 16012
15 15     V: GR 16014
16 16     V: GR 30495
17 17     Peus 279 lot 118 (1972) = Kölner Münzkabinett 115 lot 331 = Banti/Simonetti (Corpus Nummorum Romanorum vol. II) Octavia & M. Antonius 18/1
18 18     H.I. coll.
19 19     Boston: 58.960
20 20     Boston: 69.30
21 21     B: 18213414, Alter Bestand (vor 1700)
22 22     B: 18213400, 1852/10280
23 23     B: 18213421, 1932/106
24 24     CNG 424, 12 Dec. 2018, lot 215