319, Lot: 363. Estimate $150. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.50 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio,
quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a. VF, toned, heavy scratch down portrait of Antony, lighter scratch before.
From the Professor T. V. Buttrey Collection.