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Aureus - Marcus Antonius and Marcus Antonius Antyllus M·ANTONI·M·F·M·N·AVG·IMP·TERT / COS·ITER·ΔESIGN·TERT·III·VIR·R·P·C
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 34 BC |
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| Weight | 7.85 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Struck in 34 BC during Antony's Donations of Alexandria — the ceremony in which he parceled out Rome's eastern territories to Cleopatra and their children — this aureus names both Antony and his eldest son Antyllus, born to Fulvia, in what reads as a deliberate dynastic statement. The legend's tert designation for a third consulship he had not yet held was a studied provocation in Rome.
Antyllus was executed by Octavian's order in 30 BC, immediately after Alexandria fell. He was approximately sixteen.