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The Collection of Roman Republican Coins of a Student and his Mentor Part III

Marcus Antonius with P. Clodius. Aureus 42 BC, AV 7.99 g. M·ANTONIVS·III·VIR·R·P·C Head of M. Antony r. Rev. P·CLODIVS·M·F – IIII·VIR·A·P·F Winged and radiate male figure standing l. with quiver and bow over shoulder, holding caduceus in r. hand and cornucopiae in l., his r. foot resting on globe; in r. field, shield and in l., eagle on cippus. Babelon Antonia 19 and Claudia 20. C 73. Bahrfeldt 45. Buttrey, ANSNNM 137, 45. Sear Imperators 144. Calicó 102 (this coin illustrated). RBW –. Crawford 494/5.
Of the highest rarity, only nine specimens known of which is this is the only one in
private hands. Struck on a very broad flan and with a very fascinating reverse
type. Light reddish tone and very fine / about very fine
Ex Sternberg sale XXVI, 1992, 260.The year 42 B.C. was particularly important for coinages of the Rome mint. Among its many issues in gold and silver was an unprecedented grouping of aurei with portraits of the Triumvirs Antony, Octavian and Lepidus. All bear the name of one of the year's moneyers, P. Clodius, L. Mussidius Longus, C. Vibius Varus and L. Livineius Regulus. The series is of special interest since it pairs some unusual reverse types with portraits of the Triumvirs, and is supplemented with non- portrait coins bearing designs of personal value to the moneyers.The moneyer responsible for this aureus, P. Clodius, was especially productive. In addition to aurei he also struck portrait denarii for Antony, Octavian and the deified Julius Caesar, and non-portrait types reflecting what must have been his personal devotion to the cults of Sol and Luna.Clodius' choice of this reverse type, paired with an Antony portrait, has never been explained satisfactorily except in the most general sense. Because the figure possesses such a variety of attributes, it must be classified as a syncretic deity, even if its identification is not clear.Buttrey discusses a variety of observations made by earlier scholars concerning the deity, none of which are entirely convincing. In the final analysis, he describes it as a winged and radiate male figure holding a caduceus and a cornucopia, with a bow and quiver across his back. Additionally, he notes that the deity rests his foot on a globe and stands amid a shield and an eagle perched upon an uncertain object of rhomboid or rectangular shape (likely a cippus). After much reflection, Buttrey suggests the figure may represent Felicitas-Genius/Aion-Venus, and that it symbolizes "...the stability and the fecundity of the new age, the new era of hope."