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 Marcus Antonius imperator tertium Consul designatus iterum et tertium ΙΙΙ vir rei publicae constituendae 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 Lucius Atratinus augur Consul designatus sestertius δʹ 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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# Specimen 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