A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...

114 PERIOD VII. B.
Lucii films Tmperator). Temple; above which, UE.PT (NeptunoX
Wt. 126 grs.
This coin was struck B.C. 42-41 by Cnseus Damitius
Ahenobarbus, who was saluted Imperator in B.C. 42, in
consequence of his great naval victory over Domitius
Calvinus off Brundusium.
21. Koman. M. Denarius. Obv. M .
IMP .
.
VIR R.P.C.M.BARBAT.Q.P.
ANT. AVG
{Marcus Antonius Imperator
Augur Triumvir Reipuhlicse constitu^ndse.
J'rovincialis.) Head of M. Antonius.
Marcus Barhatius Quenstor
Rev. CAESAR. IMP.
PONT . 1 1 1 VI R . R . P .
.
Ill
C {Csesar Imperator Pontifex Triumvir
ReipuUicx constituendse). Head of Octavianus. Wt. 59 grs.
This coin was struck in B.C. 41, by M. Barbatius Philippus,
provincial qusestor of M. Antonius.
22. Roman. A^. Aureus. Obv. Same head and inscription as
No. 21, but with M . NERVA . PROQ . P. (Marcus Nerva Proquxstor
Provincialis). Rev. L.ANTONIVSCOS. Head of
Lucius Antonius. Wt. 1 25 grs.
M. Cocceius Nerva, who struck this coin, was proquaestor
of M. Antonius during his war with Octavianus,
B.C. 41.
23. Eoman. N. Aureus. Obv. ANT. IMP. Ill VIR. R. P.O.
Head of M. Antonius; behind, lituus. Rev. CN.DOMIT.
AHENOBARBVS IMP. Prow ; above which, star. Wt. 125 grs.
Struck by Ahenobarbus, after he became reconciled to
Antonius, in B.C. 40.
24. Roman. N. Aureus. Obv. ANTON . AVG . IMP. III.
COS . DES .111.111 V.R.P.C. Head of M. Antonius. Rev.
M . ANTONIVS . M . F . F . (M. Antonius, Marci filius, filius.)
Wt. 124 grs. Head of young Antonius.
The titles of M. Antonius on this coin (Imperator tertio.
Consul designatus tertio) prove it to have been struck in
B.C. 34. His son, M. Antonius the younger, was at this
time a mere boy.
25. Roman. N. Aureus. (96i;. ANT. AVG . Ill VIR .R. P.O.
Galley. Rev. CHORTIVM . PRAETORIARVM. Aquila be-
tween two legionary standards. Wt. 125 grs.
This coin, with the other legionary pieces of Antoniusy
was struck between B.C. 39 and 31.
26. Roman. N, Aureus. Oftv. CAESAR. Head of Augustus.
Rev. AVGVSTVS. Bull. Wt. 123 grs.
This coin may have been struck in B.C. 27.
Some of the coins here assigned to Greece may have
been struck in Asia.