RPC I, 4091

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 4091
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 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 jugate heads of Antony and Octavia, right
Reverse inscription L BIBVLVS M F PR DESIG, A (below)
Edition L(ucius) Bibulus M(arci) f(ilius) pr(aetor) desig(natus) aʹ
Translation Lucius Bibulus, son of Marcus, praetor designate, 1
Reverse design one ship under sail, to right; below head of Medusa (?)
Metal leaded bronze
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 9.30 g
Axis 9, 12
Reference RSN 1986, 79, D
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.
Note See R.A. Fischer, Fulvia und Octavia (Berlin, 1999), pp. 191-211.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     JSW = CNG EA 376, 15 June 2016, lot 361 = ex CNG 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 635; Gemini X, 13 Jan. 2013, lot 428
2 2     Venice-MAN
3 3     Lyon
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 355
5 5     CGT coll. = CNG 322, 12 March 2014, lot 481