Signed Obverse Die
Mark Antony. Summer 32 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.69 g, 3h).
Obverse die signed by P. Athens mint; M. Junius Silanus,
quaestor pro consule. Bare head right; small P (signature) in hair below ear / ANTONIV[S]/AVG IMP [III] in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; Sydenham 1209; RSC 2. Good VF, toned.
The only such instance of an engraver’s signature on a Roman Republican coin, the ‘P’ marking behind Antony’s ear is so well concealed that it was not discovered until 1920.
