In my Collection The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 32 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.54 g, 3h). Athens mint. Bare head right; / ANTONIVS/AVG • IMP • III in two lines Originally, triumviri were special commissions of three men appointed for specific administrative tasks apart from the regular duties of Roman magistrates. The triumviri capitales, for instance, oversaw prisons and executions, along with other functions that, as Andrew Lintott notes, show them to have been "a mixture of police superintendents and justices of the peace."[7] The capitales were first established around 290 to 287 BC.[8] They were supervised by the praetor urbanus. These triumviri, or the tresviri nocturni,[9] may also have taken some responsibility for fire control.[10] The triumviri monetalis ("triumviri of the temple of Juno the Advisor" or "monetary triumvirs") supervised the issuing of Roman coins. Three-man commissions were also appointed for purposes such as establishing colonies (triumviri coloniae deducendae) or distributing land.[11] Triumviri mensarii served as public bankers;[12] the full range of their financial functions in 216 BC, when the commission included two men of consular rank, has been the subject of debate.[13] Another form of three-man commission was the tresviri epulones, who were in charge of organizing public feasts on holidays. This commission was created in 196 BC by a tribunician law on behalf of the people, and their number was later increased to seven (septemviri epulones).[14] The term is most commonly used by historians to refer to the First Triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Pompey the Great, and the Second Triumvirate of Octavianus (later Caesar Augustus), Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. The Second Triumvirate was the political alliance between three of the Roman Republic's most powerful figures: Octavian (the future emperor Augustus), Mark Antony, and Lepidus. Formally called the Triumvirate for Organizing the Republic (Latin: tresviri rei publicae constituendae),[2] it was formed on 27 November 43 BC with the enactment of the Lex Titia, and existed for two five-year terms, covering the period until 33 BC. Unlike the earlier First Triumvirate (between Julius Caesar, Pompey and Crassus),[3][4] the Second Triumvirate was an official, legally established institution, whose overwhelming power in the Roman state was given full legal sanction and whose imperium maius outranked that of all other magistrates, including the consuls. information wiki green is antony
The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 32 BC. AR Denarius (3.53 gm, 12h, 19 x 17mm). Athens mint. M. Junius Silanus, proconsul. Obv: ANTON AVG IMP III COS DES III III V R P C. Bare head of Antony right; small P in hair behind ear. Rev: M • SILANVS • AVG/ Q • PRO • COS in two lines. Crawford 542/1; CRI 346; Sydenham 1208; RSC 71.
Very nice, @ro1974 . Congrats. One of Mine Roman Imperatorial Marc Anthony and Octavian - Portrait Denarius. 41 BCE Military mint traveling with Antony 3.65g 18.7mm Obv: M ANTON IMP III VIR R P C legend with bare head right, star below Rev: CAESAR IMP III VIR R P C legend with AR in monogram and bare head right Craw 528-2; Sear 1507; Syd 261; BMC East 121; RSC 1
Great portrait on your MA. To me, the time of the triumvirates is one of the most fascinating time periods. I'm missing some in my collection. These are some of the coins of the tirumvirs I do have:
Not a Portrait, but always a very cool issue from Lepidus (Triumvir) and Antony, and it is a Quinarius: Lepidus & Mark Antony. 43 B.C. AR quinarius (13.93 mm, 1.82 g, 5 h). Military mint traveling with Antony and Lepidus in Transalpine Gaul, 43 B.C. M ANT IMP, emblems of the augurate; lituus, capis, and raven standing left / LEP IMP, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 489/3; CRI 120; Sydenham 1158a; RSC 3. aVF. Scarce Ex: RBW Collection
I don't collect this period with any intensity but can only add that there is a higher than usual number from the period with a secret inside. Buyer beware.
