271, Lot: 45. Estimate $5000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Late summer-autumn 38 BC. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 22.68 g, 2h). Fleet coinage. Uncertain mint in the Peloponese; L. Sempronius Atratinus, auger and consul designatus. M • ANT • IMP • TER • COS • DES • ITER • ET • TER • III • VIR • R • P • C, Bare head of Mark Antony right, facing draped bust of Octavia left / L • ATRATINV[S • AVGVR • COS • DESIG], Two standing figures (Antony and Octavia?) in quadriga of hippocamps right; HS in left field, Δ and astragalus(?) below. Amandry, “Le monnayage de L. Sempronius Atratinus revisité,” AJN 20 (2008), I.A.2 (D1/R1 [this coin, illustrated]); Amandry, Bronze series II.1.A; RPC I 1453; CRI 279; Sydenham 1261. VF, green and brown patina. Extremely rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 230.