Antia gens

The gens Antia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome.

[1][2][3] The Antii were possibly from Lanuvium, as one member of the gens minted coins with the heads of the Penates, who were first worshipped in that city.

The Antii also claimed descent from Hercules through his son Antiades.

[4] Cicero and Livy tell that a Spurius Antius was one of four Roman ambassadors put to death by Lars Tolumnius, the king of Veii, in 438 BC.

[2] However, modern scholars prefer to amend the name to Nautius, borne by several magistrates in the 5th century.

Denarius of Gaius Antius Restio, 47 BC. The heads of the Dei Penates are pictured on the obverse, while Hercules features on the reverse. Both allude to the origins of the gens.
Denarius of Gaius Antius Restio, 47 BC, featuring on the obverse a portrait of his father, tribune of the plebs in 68 BC, and Hercules on the reverse.