Co 251 (Late Republican as of Mark Antony Imperator) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-35
Not before (date)
-38
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Co 1324
Comparanda
RPC I, 1461
Comparanda
Amandry1986, p. 84, no. II.2.C, pl. 16 (L. Sempronius Atratinus: Série légere, as)
Preservation comment
Wear: aG/P. Extensive pitting and patchy bronze disease. Irregular attrition of edges has reduced size and weight.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 670 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial”)
Axis (1-12)
10
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Authority
Marcus Antonius (triumvir, 43-31 BCE)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
22.0
Numismatic Issuer
L. Sempronius Atratinus (Roman moneyer, late 1st century BCE)
Numismatic Mint
Achaea
Numismatic Weight (g)
5.43
Obverse Description
Jugate bare heads of Antony and Octavia to right
Obverse Inscription
[L • ATRA]TINV[S] • AVGV[R • COS • DESIG]; below ship, small A
Obverse Inscription
[M • ANT • IMP • TER • COS • DES • ITER • ET • TER • IIIVIR • R • P • C] (traces)
Reverse Description
Galley under sail to right; to right, lituus (traces)
Diameter
22.0
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Maritime Activities
Has visual motif (depicts)
Octavia Junior (d. 11 BCE)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph