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Object Type: coin
Museum number: BNK,R.2
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of M. Antonius right; around, inscription. Border of dots. (obverse); Fortuna standing left, holding rudder in right hand and cornucopia in left hand; at feet, stork; below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State: Associated with: Roman Republic Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority: Moneyer: Mark Antony
Cultures/periods: Roman Republican
Production date: 41BC
Materials: gold
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 8.06 grammes
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Curator's comments: Mint uncertain, moving with Mark Antony.
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (516/1); RR2 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, vol. 2. Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, the social war, and the provinces. (69, p.402); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (287); Ghey, Leins & Crawford 2010 / A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974) (516.1.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: politician/statesman; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Mark Antony; Representation of: Tyche/Fortuna; Named in inscription: Piety
Acquisition name: Donated by: Bank of England
Acquisition date: 1877
Acquisition notes: The Bank of England loaned their Collection to the British Museum in 1865 wishing to make it accessible to the general public. This remained as a separate Collection until 1877 when the Bank Directors decided it would be more useful to the museum and the public if incorporated into the national collection. The Bank of England collection was therefore presented to the British Museum in 1877, any duplicates being sold to create a coins and medals purchase fund.
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: BNK,R.2
C&M catalogue number: RR2 (402) (69)

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