RPC I, 4090

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4090
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·
Edition Marcus Antonius imperator tertium Consul designatus iterum et tertium IIIvir rei publicae constituendae M(arcus) Ant(onius) imp(erator) ter(tium) Co(n)s(ul) des(ignatus) iter(um) et ter(tium) IIIvir r(ei) p(ublicae) c(onstituendae)
Translation Mark Antony, commander-in-chief for the third time, consul designate twice and for a third time, 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 L BIBVLVS M F PR DESIG, B (below)
Edition Lucius Bibulus Marci filius praetor designatus βʹ L(ucius) Bibulus M(arci) f(ilius) pr(aetor) desig(natus) βʹ
Translation Lucius Bibulus, son of Marcus, praetor designate, 2
Reverse design two ships under sail, right; above, two caps of the Dioscuri
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.47 g
Axis 9
Reference RSN 1986, 78–9, C
Specimens 11 (4 in the core collections)
Note See R.A. Fischer, Fulvia und Octavia (Berlin, 1999), pp. 191-211.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Seyrig cast
2 2     P: 1968/181
3 3     B: 18215867, Fox
4 4     Tel Aviv
5 5     private coll.
6 6     RW
7 7     P: 1987/346
8 8     CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 1070
9 9     ✸ NAC 29, 11 May 2005, lot 425 = Tkalec 8 Sept. 2008, lot 263
10 10     NAC 59, 4 Apr. 2011, lot 859
11 11     GM 314, 14-15 Oct. 2025, lot 534 (ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auktion E, 1995, lot 2737)