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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
G.4000
Denomination
drachm
Description
Silver coin.
(whole)
Bust of Mark Antony facing right.
(obverse)
Head of Tyche facing right.
(reverse)
State
Associated with:
Roman Republic
Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority
Ruler:
Mark Antony
Cultures/periods
Roman Provincial
Production date
40BC-31BC
Production place
Minted in:
Antiochia ad Orontem
Materials
silver
Dimensions
Diameter:
17 millimetres
Weight:
3.441 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The mint of Antioch produced a drachm coinage in its own name, but with a portrait of Antony on the obverse. On the reverse appeared the head of Tyche with the legend 'of the metropolis of the people of Antioch'. The date of the issue cannot be determined with precision. In concept, this coinage is analogous to, though of higher value than, the city bronze coinages with Antony and Cleopatra's portraits.
Bibliographic references
RPC1 / Roman provincial coinage. Vol.1, From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AD 69)
(4135)
BMC Greek (Galatia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Galatia, Cappadocia and Syria
(52, p.157)
Walker & Higgs 2001 / Cleopatra of Egypt: from History to Myth
(218)
Location
On display
(G70/dc3/no15)
Subjects
ruler
allegory/personification
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Mark Antony
Representation of:
Tyche/Fortuna
Associated places
Named in inscription:
Antiochia ad Orontem (Antioch)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Thomas Burgon
Acquisition date
1841
Acquisition notes
No number on Burgon ticket.
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
G.4000
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1841,B
(incomplete registration number)
C&M catalogue number
GC20 (BMC Greek (Galatia))
(157)
(52)