RPC I, 4091

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4091
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 jugate heads of Antony and Octavia, right
Reverse inscription L BIBVLVS M F PR DESIG, A (below)
Edition Lucius Bibulus Marci filius praetor designatus aʹ L(ucius) Bibulus M(arci) f(ilius) pr(aetor) desig(natus) aʹ
Translation Lucius Bibulus, son of Marcus, praetor designate, 1
Reverse design one ship under sail, to right; below head of Medusa (?)
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 10.95 g
Axis 9
Reference RSN 1986, 79, D
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: 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

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     JSW = CNG EA 376, 15 June 2016, lot 361 = ex CNG 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 635; Gemini X, 13 Jan. 2013, lot 428
2 2     Venice-MAN
3 3     Lyon
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 355
5 5     GSA Numis 20, 4 Oct. 2026, lot 125 (as Oppius)