Contemporary Counterfeit

431, Lot: 332. Estimate $100. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. Fourrée AR Denarius (20mm, 3.14 g, 6h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard. Cf. Crawford 517/2; cf. CRI 243; cf. Sydenham 1181; cf. RSC 8a ()all refs for official issue. VF, toned, encrustation, banker’s marks on obverse and reverse.