- 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 moneyer, 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
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- Photograph
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“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>
