RPC I, 1459

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 1459
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', light 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 27 mm
Average weight 11.78 g
Axis 5, 12
Reference RSN 1986, 83–4, A
Specimens 17 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY Amandry RSN 1986, p. 83, 2A.4
2 2 –13     see RSN 1986, A 1–3, 5–7, 9–14
14 14     Venice-MAN: 3852
15 15     RW
16 16     Amandry RSN 1986, p. 83, 2A.8 = Sternberg 35, 29 Oct. 2000, lot 412 (ex J. Hirsch 24, Consul Weber, 1909, lot 777; Hess 1912, lot 337; R. Ratto, 23 Jan. 1924, lot 1414; Glendining, coll. H. P. Hall I, 1950, lot 786; Spink Genève, 15–16 Feb. 1977, lot 210)
17 17     ✸ CNG Triton XXVI, 10 Jan. 2023, lot 539