RPC I, 4088

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4088
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Mint of the fleet coinage
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator) ; Octavia
Magistrate Lucius Bibulus
Obverse inscription M·ANT·IMP·TER·COS·DES·ITER·ET·TER·III·VIR·R·P·C·
Obverse design bare head of Antony, left, facing right and bust of Octavia, right, facing left
Reverse inscription L BIBVLVS M F PR DESIG, IIS (at l.)
Reverse design a quadriga of hippocamps to right, surmounted by two riders (Antony and Octavia?), below, Δ and a square object (astragalus?)
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 32 mm
Axis 9, 10
Reference RSN 1986, 78, A
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die.
Note See R.A. Fischer, Fulvia und Octavia (Berlin, 1999), pp. 191-211.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 216670
2 2     V: GR 35891
3 3     St Petersburg
4 4     ✸ O: HCR60837
5 5     M&M AG 72 (1987), lot 719 ex M&M 53/1977, 232; Mazzini I, 37, pl. X, 5
6 6     M. Janssen coll. (ex NAC 59, 4 Apr. 2011, lot 858; Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 86, 16 May 2023, lot 384)
7 7     Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 1027
8 8     M. Janssen coll. (ex CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 384) (as Atratinus)