Co 1274 (Late Republican sestertius of Mark Antony Imperator) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-35

Not before (date)

-38

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RPC I, 1468

Comparanda

Amandry1987, p. 106, nos. A.1-12, pl. 15 (Série légère, sesterce)

Preservation comment

Wear: G. Slightly nicked edge; extensive, moderate pitting to cratering.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 56, no. 713 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial”)

Axis (1-12)

2

Has denomination

Sestertius

Numismatic Authority

Marcus Antonius (triumvir, 43-31 BCE)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

24.0

Numismatic Issuer

M. Oppius Capito (Roman moneyer, late 1st century BCE)

Numismatic Mint

Achaea

Numismatic Weight (g)

7.68

Obverse Description

Bare head of Antony on left facing right and bust of Octavia on right facing left

Obverse Inscription

[M •] ANT [• IM]P • TER[T • COS] • DESIG • [ITER • ET •] TER [• III • VIR • R • P • C]

Reverse Description

Quadriga of hippocamps to right driven by Antony and Octavia(?)

Reverse Inscription

M • OPPI[VS] • CAPITO • PRO • [PR • PRAEF] • CLASS • F • C; to left, HS (traces); below, Δ - astragalus

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Republican (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Maritime Activity

Has visual motif (depicts)

Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Octavia Junior (d. 11 BCE)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph