RPC I, 4088

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4088
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Mint of the fleet coinage
Reign Roman Republic
Person (obv.) Mark Antony (imperator) ; Octavia
Magistrate Lucius Bibulus
Obverse inscription M·ANT·IMP·TER·COS·DES·ITER·ET·TER·III·VIR·R·P·C·
Edition Marcus Antonius imperator tertium Consul designatus iterum et tertium IIIvir rei publicae constituendae M(arcus) Ant(onius) imp(erator) ter(tium) Co(n)s(ul) des(ignatus) iter(um) et ter(tium) IIIvir r(ei) p(ublicae) c(onstituendae)
Translation Mark Antony, commander-in-chief for the third time, consul designate twice and for a third time, 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 BIBVLVS M F PR DESIG, IIS (at l.)
Edition Lucius Bibulus Marci filius praetor designatus sestertius L(ucius) Bibulus M(arci) f(ilius) pr(aetor) desig(natus) (sestertius)
Translation Lucius Bibulus, son of Marcus, praetor designate, sestertius
Reverse design a quadriga of hippocamps to right, surmounted by two riders (Antony and Octavia?), below, Δ and a square object (astragalus?)
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 24.15 g
Axis 9, 10
Reference RSN 1986, 78, A
Specimens 8 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same obv. die.
Note See R.A. Fischer, Fulvia und Octavia (Berlin, 1999), pp. 191-211.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Warsaw: 216670
2 2     V: GR 35891
3 3     St Petersburg
4 4     ✸ O: HCR60837
5 5     M&M AG 72 (1987), lot 719 ex M&M 53/1977, 232; Mazzini I, 37, pl. X, 5
6 6     M. Janssen coll. (ex NAC 59, 4 Apr. 2011, lot 858; Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 86, 16 May 2023, lot 384) = Leu WA 33, 15 Mar. 2025, lot 1995
7 7     Leu EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, lot 1027
8 8     Leu WA 33, M. Janssen coll., 15 Mar. 2025, lot 1994 (ex CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 384) (as Atratinus)