Denarius of Mark Antony

Place of OriginRoman Republic

Date32-31 BCE

DimensionsDiam.: 13/16 in. (2 cm)

Mediumsilver

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer

Object number

1934.25

Not on View

DescriptionDie-stamped coin. RRC 544/30 Obverse ANT·AVG III·VIR·R·P·C: Ship, right, with sceptre tied with fillet on prow. Border of dots. Reverse LEG XV: Aquila between two standards. Border of dots.

Label TextCoins 1934.25 and 1913.381 were issued by Marc Antony to pay his legions and fleet before the Battle of Actium (September 2, 31 B.C.) against Octavian (later emperor Augustus).Comparative ReferencesSee also Mattingly, Harold, Roman Coins, pl. XX, 17-19, p. 288.

Grueber, H.A., Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1970, vol. II, p. 526-528.