RARBAT

Triton XX, Lot: 587. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.69 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right; M ANT • I(MP) • (AV)G • III • VIR • R • P • C • M • RARBAT (sic) • Q • P around / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. Crawford 517/2 note (Berlin); CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8d; Kestner –; BMCRR East –; RBW –; Triton XIV, lot 604 (same obv. die). EF, toned. Rare legend error.