| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1981 178 | |
| Title: | Roman Republican Silver Denarius of Marcus Antonius, Gaul Mint (42 BC) | |
| Year: | 1981 | |
| Coin Number: | 178 | |
| Period: | Roman Republican | |
| Material: | AR | |
| Denomination: | denarius | |
| Mint: | Gaul | |
| Authority: | Marcus Antonius | |
| Comments: | underweight | |
| Obverse Legend: | M ANTON [IMP | |
| Obverse Type: | Antony head r., bare, bearded; lituus to l.; inscription to r. | |
| Reverse Legend: | CAESAR DIC | |
| Reverse Type: | J Caesar head r., laureate; jug (capis) to l.; inscription to r. | |
| Symbol: | Obv: lituus; Rev: capis | |
| Axis Clock: | 5 | |
| Weight Description: | 2.96 | |
| Weight: | 2.96 | |
| Diameter: | 20 | |
| Chronology: | 42 BC | |
| Context: | NB739 B138 P9 | |
| NB739 B138 P8 | ||
| Findspot Description: | E of Theater; Manhole 3 Excavation Date: 5/15/1981 Notebook 739, p. 9 Basket 138 Elevation +62.012, NB739 B138 P9 NB739 B138 P8, . | |
| Elevation: | 62.012 | |
| Area: | East of Theater | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negative 81-65-7, 8; 81-52-6, 7 Two welts across Caesar's neck (BMC Pl. CIII.16) and two wrinkles on his brow "According to the terms of the Second Triumvirate (Nov. 43 BC) the goverment of Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul was entrusted to M. Antony and that of Narbonesis and Spain to M. Aemilius Lepidus." This coin would have come after the formation of the triumvirate. | |
| Reference: | BMC II, p. 397, # 54; Syd. p. 189, # 1165; Williams and Zervos 1982, no. 42, p. 152 (coin unit XI) | |
| Published: | Hesperia 1982, p. 152, # 42 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 51:2, 1982 Image: digital 2011 4871 Image: digital 2011 4872 Image: digital 2011 4873 |
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