RPC I, 1468

 

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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 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 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 26 mm
Average weight 14.82 g
Axis 7
Reference RSN 1987, 106, A
Specimens 12 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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