brm_980507 - MARK ANTONY Denier
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Type : Denier
Date: 32-31 AC.
Mint name / Town : atelier itinérant (Grèce)
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, légèrement décentré au revers. Joli trirème. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANT. AVG AU-DESSUS ; III VIR R.P.C À L'EXERGUE.
Obverse description : Trirème voguant à droite avec l’acrostolium bien visible.
Obverse translation : “Antonius Augurus Triumviri Rei Publicæ Constituandæ”, (Antoine augure triumvir pour la restauration de la République).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LEG - XVII.
Reverse description : Aigle Légionnaire tournée à droite entre deux étendards.
Reverse translation : “Legionis septis decimum”, (De la dix-septième Légion).
Historical background
MARK ANTONY
(83-30 BC)
The Triumvirate was renewed after the meeting of Taranto in 37 BC. Marc Antoine was to receive the consulship the following year. Octave, Antony and Lepidus had to combine their efforts to eliminate Sextus Pompey who reigned over Sicily. The emphasis is on the title of augur Antony took that year, Lepidus being Pontifex Maximus until his death. The eastern refocusing of Marc Antoine's policy perhaps explains Sol's choice for the right of the minted denarius to commemorate the event. Marc Antoine, after having definitively broken with Octavian, joined his forces with those of Cleopatra and met the forces of Octavian at Actium (31 before J. - C.). Octavian's fleet, commanded by Agrippa, won the sea battle as the Egyptian fleet fled, soon followed by Antony who retreated to Egypt before committing suicide the following year, before Octavian arrived in Alexandria.
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