Marcus Antonius and Lucius Munatius Plancus AR Denarius, IMP • ITER

Marcus Antonius - AR Denarius Early summer 40 BC. (492.2. AR. 3.86 g. 19.00 mm. RR). Military mint traveling with Marcus as Triumvir and Imperator and Lucius as Imperator in Greece;

obv. M • ANTON • IMP • AVG III VIR • R • R • P • C Lituus and capis, rev. L • PLANCVS •  IMP • TER Sacrificial jug flanked by thunderbolt and caduceus.

Crawford 522/4. Sydenham 1191. CRI 255.

Provenance from Artemide Aste SRL 07 Jan 2023

Old nice toning, sound metal. Another variety do exist as well (PRO COS instead of IMP TER).

These issues may have been struck as M. Antonius and L. Plancus were moving their forces across Greece toward the coast of Epirus. L. Plancus was a supporter of M. Antonius until the triumvir's failed Parthian campaign, at which time he shifted his allegiance to Octavian (Suetonius [Aug. 7] informs us that it was at Plancus' suggestion that Octavian took the name Augustus).
Remarkably, Plancus' tomb, built at the top Mount Orlando at the seaside town of Gaeta, Italy, has survived. The tomb's inscription recounts the greatest achievements of his career:
Lucius Munatius Plancus, son of Lucius, grandson of Lucius, great-grandson of Lucius, consul, censor, twice imperator, septemvir epulonum, having triumphed over the Raetians, built the temple of Saturn from the spoils; parcelled out land in Italy at Beneventum;
and in Gaul, founded the colonies of Lugdunum (Lyon, France) and Raurica (Basel, Switzerland).
Sear (CRI p. 256) suggests that the tall vessel on the reverse "may relate to his [Plancus'] membership of the priestly college of the Epulones whose function was to supervise certain sacred banquets."

Riferimento : Crawford 522/4. Sydenham 1191. CRI 255

Collezione : Roman Imperatorial collection