A very rare tressis of Mark Antony and Octavia from the Frederick S. Knobloch Collection
Lot 1985
Mark Antony and Octavia, 40-35 BC. 'Tressis' (Bronze, 31 mm, 16.67 g, 5 h), 'Fleet coinage', heavy series. M. Oppius Capito, propraetor and praefectus classis. Uncertain mint in Achaea (?), summer 38. [M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET TER III VIR R P C] Conjoined bare heads of Mark Antony and Octavian, on the left, facing draped bust of Octavia, on the right. Rev. [M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PR]AEF [CLAS]S F C Three galleys sailing right; below, Γ and triskeles. Amandry, Bronze II, Series III 1B.13 (this coin). CRI 286. RPC I 1463.20 (this coin). Sydenham 1266. Very rare. Somewhat smoothed and with two flan cracks, otherwise, good fine.

From the collection of Roman Imperatorial coins of Martinus J. L. Janssen, from the 'Mehrfachportraits auf Münzen und Medaillen' collection, Künker eLive Auction 80, 5 December 2023, 1143, and from the Frederick S. Knobloch Collection, Stack's, 3-4 Mai 1978, 700.
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