Seldom Offered “Fleet Coinage” As

271, Lot: 355. Estimate $200. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Uncertain mint. Mark Antony, with Octavia. 39-38 BC. Æ As (21mm, 7.54 g, 9h). Fleet coinage. L. Calpurnius Bibulus M. f., magistrate. Struck 38-37 BC. Jugate heads of Mark Antony and Octavia right / Galley right; below, [A and head of Medusa?]. Amandry, Bronze I, Series I.D, 1 (D1/R1?); RPC I 4091 (same obv [and rev.?] die as illuustration). Fine, rough green patina, earthen deposits, edge splits. Only three specimens cited in RPC.