RPC I, 1453

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1453
Province Achaea
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain mint of Achaea
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator) ; Octavia
Magistrate Lucius Sempronius Atratinus (augur and designated consul)
Issue Mark Antony's 'fleet coinage', heavy series
Obverse inscription M ANT IMP TER COS DES ITER ET TER IIIVIR R P C
Edition M(arcus) Ant(onius) imp(erator) ter(tium) Co(n)s(ul) des(ignatus) iter(um) et ter(tium) ΙΙΙ vir r(ei) p(ublicae) c(onstituendae)
Translation Mark Antony, commander-in-chief for the third time, consul designate for the second and third times, 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 ATRATINVS AVGVR COS DESIG, HS (at l.) Δ (below)
Edition L(ucius) Atratinus augur Co(n)s(ul) desig(natus) (sestertius) δʹ
Translation Lucius Atratinus, augur, consul designate, sestertius, 4
Reverse design a quadriga of hippocamps to right, surmounted by two drivers (Antony and Octavia?); square objects (astragalus?)
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 36 mm
Average weight 23.12 g
Reference RSN 1986, 80–1, A
Specimens 13 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C. C. Vermeule coll. = ex Glendining, Ryan, 2/IV/1952, lot 2245 = Stack's Vermeule, Ward, and Mexico Maxico Collections, 11 Jan. 2010, lot 256
2 2 –12     see RSN, 81, A, 1–6, 8–12
13 13     Venice-MAN: 3850