Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1318 (Late Republican as of Mark Antony Imperator with countermark)

: Co 1318 (Late Republican as of Mark Antony Imperator with countermark) [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, 1456
Comparanda: Amandry1986, pp. 82-83, no. II.1.D, pls. 13-14 (L. Sempronius Atratinus: Série lourde, as)
Contributor Notes: 2017 (May 31): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to [@KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2024: JLR refined identification.
Description: Obverse struck off flan to lower right. Centering dimple on obverse.
Preservation description: Wear: G/P. Deep chip with contiguous crack at obverse axis 7; extensive, moderate pitting and rare gouging. Scattered areas of incipient white to pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 56, no. 723 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
Axis (1-12): 12
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Authority: Marcus Antonius (triumvir, 43-31 BCE)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 23.5
Numismatic Issuer: L. Sempronius Atratinus (Roman moneyer, late 1st century BCE)
Numismatic Weight (g): 8.65
Obverse Description: Countermark behind neck at edge (obverse axis 7) in shallow incuse square (4 mm): bold circle and straight and curving projections on both sides: ligature? fruit?
Obverse Description: Jugate bare heads of Antony and Octavia (traces) to right
Obverse Inscription: ↖︎ Ṃ • AN[T • IMP • TER • COS • DES • ITER • ET • TER • III • VI]R • R • P • C̣
Reverse Description: Galley under sail to right
Reverse Inscription: [L • ATRATINVS • AVG]VR • COS • DESI[G] ; below ship, Α (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Maritime Activity
Has visual motif (depicts): Octavia Junior (d. 11 BCE)
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