RPC I, 4090

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4090
Province Syria
Region Syria
City 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, B (below)
Reverse design two ships under sail, right; above, two caps of the Dioscuri
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 30 mm
Axis 9
Reference RSN 1986, 78–9, C
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Note See R.A. Fischer, Fulvia und Octavia (Berlin, 1999), pp. 191-211.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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