Thought I would share a
provincial from the
Imperator days I just received from an
auction. It's from one of the lesser, but somewhat interesting, figures.
Coin description:
L. Sempronius Atratinus.
Æ 27mm of Lilybaeum,
Sicily. 36 BC. [ΛΙΛΥΒΑΙ]ΙΤΑΙϹ, veiled and turreted
head to right, within triangular
ornament / ΑΤΡΑΤΙΝΟ [ΠΥΘΙΩΝ], tripod with
serpent coiled around.
RPC I 655;
SNG Copenhagen 376;
BMC 4. 18.19g, 27mm, 12h.
Roma Numismatics Auction 92, Lot 725.
Note: L. Sempronius Atratinus was a supporter of
Marc Antony and was one of
Marc Antony’s 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 as suffect
consul. Prior to the Battle of
Actium, Atratinus switched
his support to Octavianus. He was made proconsular governor of
Africa around 23 BC, and he was awarded a triumph for
his actions there in 21 BC. He died in 7 AD.