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Marcus Antonius ACHAEA Æ Tressis (Γ), Fleet coinage

Erhaltungsgrade S

Form Rund

Metall Bronze

Münzstätte Griechenland

Seltenheitsgrad R3 - Extrem selten

Typen Tessera

Münzen Antike (-650 bis 476) Römische - Imperial und Republ... Republik (-509 bis -27... Marc Antony and Octavia

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The 2nd Triumvirat: Marcus Antonius, Lepidus and Octavianus, ACHAEA Æ Tressis (Γ)

Uncertain mint in Greece, summer/autumn 38 BC. Fleet Coinage, Heavy series. Under M. Oppius Capito; RPC 1463; Syd. 1266

Materiaal: Leaded bronze, (Gewicht: 28.64 gram; ø 33.5 / 29.5)

Obverse: bust of Antony and Octavian at l., facing r.; bust of Octavia, r., facing l. / M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET TER III VIR R P C

Reverse: three ships under sail, r.; triskeles / M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PREAF CLASS F C, Γ (below)

Nice brown patina and increasingly rare offered for private sales. Musea and institutions like ANS are owning the vast majority of these rare fleet coinage!

This coin has been 'smoothed' after it's discovery, about 100 year old pictures of this coin reveal it's original grey find patina and condition. Those pictures are present with this coin as well, some drawings as well, this coin comes with a impressive pedigree. Restoring coins by this fashion was quit common some decades ago (and is still practiced). How much would it be appreciated to encounter such a item in it's authentic find patina!

These fleet coinage are interesting, smiling faces during a happy family reunion under the Greek sun: Octavian, Marcus Antonius & Octavia all together on a single coin! Not just any coin, a impressive 33.5 mm diameter, the weight is nearly 30 gram.

This coin: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/454279

Provenance: purchased from the Kölner Münzkabinett;

ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, auction 2018;

former old German collection of Prof. Dr. Hildebrecht Hommel & Prof. Dr. Fritz Hommel (with old collection letters);

ex Auktion Jacob Hirsch XXXI, München 1912, Nr. 950;

ex? (can't read it);ex?

according to the pictures and the age of some collector's tickets does the provenance go back at least beyond a century plus a dadecade

Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., D-Frankfurt | CoinsWeekly

These coins introduced innovations to the Roman monetary system: for the first time a Sestertius was struck in bronze; the Tressis, a 3 As piece, had not been minted since the 3rd century BC; and there was a remarkable effort to clarify the denominations: (1) Marks of value, the Greek numerals Α Β Γ Δ. (2) Value symbols, on the As the head of Medusa, on the Dupondius the two caps of the Dioscuri, on the Tressis the triskeles, on the Sestertius a square object - astralagus, tessera or altar (3) Reverse type related to the value, Four hippocamps on the Sestertius, the Tressis has three ships with sails [AM: and incidentally three portrait busts, two jugate facing a third], the Dupondius two ships with sail, the As one, the Semis a ship without sail, the Quadrans a Prow.

The system of Greek letters proves the coins were intended to circulate in the Greek speaking areas. But the coins were Roman in essence and the purpose of the Fleet Coinage was possibly to provide in the east a complete coinage of copper based bronze to circulate with Roman gold and silver money.

This was a step in the Romanisation in the east. At the same time as Octavian was striking bronze coinages in the west, Antony could have wished to present his imago in the east. Of course this policy was not successful. The amount of coinage struck was quite small and the weight of the coins dropped so quickly that it became unacceptable". RPC pp 284-285. RPC goes on to discuss other matters most notably the mint locations, landing on Athens for Capito, Corinth for Atratinus, and Syria (city unknown) for Bibulus, and of course dating, with reference to the various specialist studies by Amandry, Bahrfeldt, Grant, Buttrey and Martini.

Referenz : Sydenham 1226; RPC 1463

Quelle : https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/454279

Sammlung : Fleet coinage, Marcus Antonius & Octavia