RPC I, 1468

 

Image of specimen #13

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 1468
Province Achaea
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain mint of Achaea
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator) ; Octavia
Magistrate Marcus Oppius Capito
Issue Mark Antony's 'fleet coinage', light series
Obverse inscription M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET TER IIIVIR R P C
Edition Marcus Antonius imperator tertium Consul designatus iterum et tertium IIIvir rei publicae constituendae M(arcus) Ant(onius) imp(erator) tert(ium) Co(n)s(ul) desig(natus) iter(um) et ter(tium) IIIvir 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 M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C, HS (left), Δ (below)
Edition Marcus Oppius Capito pro praetore praefectus classis faciundum curavit sestertius δʹ M(arcus) Oppius Capito pro pr(aetore) praef(ectus) class(is) f(aciundum) c(uravit) (sestertius) δʹ
Translation Marcus Oppius Capito, propraetor, prefect of the fleet, had (this) made, 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 15.26 g
Axis 7
Reference RSN 1987, 106, A
Specimens 13 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 2008.24.3 P. Villemur coll. = CNG Triton XI, 8 Jan. 2008, lot 451
2 2 –12     see RSN 1987, A 1–8, 10–12
13 13     ✸ Numisfitz 6, 22 June 2025, lot 719