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Aureus - Mark Antony CHORTIVM · PRAETORIARVM
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 32 BC - 31 BC |
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| Reference(s) | RRC#544/1, RCV I#1462, BMC RR#183 |
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| Reverse lettering | CHORTIVM · PRAETORIARVM (Translation: To the praetorian guards) |
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| Mintage | ND (32 BC - 31 BC) |
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Struck to pay the legions and praetorian cohorts assembled for the confrontation with Octavian, this aureus is military coinage in the most literal sense — minted in a traveling workshop following Antony's forces through the eastern Mediterranean in the months before Actium. The CHORTIVM PRAETORIARVM reverse honors the praetorian cohorts, the elite bodyguard units attached directly to a Roman commander in the field, distinct from the later imperial institution that borrowed the name.
Antony lost at Actium in September 31 BC. Within a year he was dead. These aurei were almost certainly melted in bulk by Octavian's treasury — which accounts for their persistent rarity today.