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Electronic Auction #20  8 April 2014
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Lot 89

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SICILY. Entella. Roman rule. 36 BC. AE. READ HISTORICAL NOTES. (21mm, 7.46g). L. Sempronius Atratinus, Mark Antony's general.
Radiate and draped bust of Helios right / Tyche standing left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. RPC I 653. VF.

A supporter of Mark Antony, Atratinus was one of his legates, serving as propraetor in Greece in 39 BC. In 36 BC he was given command of a portion of a fleet which Antony had sent to help Octavianus deal with Sextus Pompey. In 34 BC he was elected suffect consul on January 1, as Antony resigned his position as consul within 24 hours. Atratinus himself held the consulate until July 1 of that year. At some point prior to the Battle of Actium, Atratinus abandoned Antony and switched his support to Octavianus. He was made proconsular governor of Africa around 23 BC, and was awarded a triumph for his actions there in 21 BC.[10]

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