Co 1302 (Late Republican sestertius of Mark Antony Imperator) [permalink] [show more 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
RPC I, no. 1459
Comparanda
Amandry1987, pp. 83-84, nos. 2.A.1-14, pl. 15 (Série légère, sesterce)
Preservation comment
Wear: P. Sparse, slight nicking and large chip from lower reverse face; extensive, moderate pitting. Wide, thin film of white bronze disease (and lead corrosion?) on both faces. Edge possibly snapped and rounded; diameter and weight significantly reduced from original state.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 56, no. 720 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
Axis (1-12)
3
Has denomination
Sestertius
Numismatic Authority
Marcus Antonius (triumvir, 43-31 BCE)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
19.0
Numismatic Issuer
L. Sempronius Atratinus (Roman magistrate, late 1st century BCE)
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.98
Obverse Description
Bare head of Mark Antony on left facing bare head of Octavia on right, hair pulled back in bun (traces)
Obverse Inscription
Ṃ • ẠṆṬ [• IMP • TER [• COS • DES • ITER • ET • TER • III • VIR • R • P • C]
Reverse Description
Quadriga of hippocamps to right driven by Antony and Octavia(?)
Reverse Inscription
[L • ATRATINVS • AVG]VR • COS •] DESI[G]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Maritime Activities
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Octavia Junior (d. 11 BCE)
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1302 (Late Republican sestertius of Mark Antony Imperator).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1302>