The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (28mm, 11.48 g, 1h). Ephesus mint.

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Lot: 423. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Republican, Silver

Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (28mm, 11.48 g, 1h). Ephesus mint. Conjoined heads of Mark Antony, wearing ivy-wreath, and Octavia right / Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus, on cista mystica flanked by two interlaced snakes with heads erect. CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3; RPC I 2202. Toned, granular surfaces, areas of corrosion on reverse. VF. Two attractive portraits.

From the Demeter Collection. Ex Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 72, 14 June 2006), lot 1346.


Closing Date and Time: 1 December 2021 at 12:20:40 ET.

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