RPC I, 1454

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1454
Province Achaea
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain mint of Achaea
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator) ; Octavia ; Octavian (imperator)
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 busts of Antony and Octavian at left, facing right; bust of Octavia, right, facing left
Reverse inscription L ATRATINVS AVGVR COS DESIG, Γ (below)
Edition L(ucius) Atratinus augur Co(n)s(ul) desig(natus) γʹ
Translation Lucius Atratinus, augur, consul designate, 3
Reverse design three ships under sail, right; triskeles
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 17.02 g
Axis 6
Reference RSN 1986, 81, B
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Numismatica Ars Classica 1/1989 lot 756 = ex Burgan VSO 30/VI/1987, lot 355
2 2     ✸ B: 18215870, 220/1907 ex J. Hirsch, I-B, 27/V/1907, lot 494
3 3     V: GR 35873
4 4     V: GR 35875
5 5     Rome
6 6     Cortona
7 7     Malter XXVIII, Ruzicka, 8 Dec. 1984, lot 18