949. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.79 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Head of Antony right, wearing ivy wreath; lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers; Â • ANTONiuÍ • iÂp • COÍ • DeÍig • iTer eT TerT around / Draped bust of Octavia right above cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect; iii • uir • r • p • C • around. CRI 262; Sydenham 1197; BMCRR East 133; RSC 2; RPC 2201. Near EF, toned, edge test on reverse, several scratches under tone, a pair of shallow drill marks on obverse at 11 o’clock. ($2000)
950. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.87 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Conjoined heads of Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia right; Â • ANTONiuÍ iÂp • COÍ • DeÍig iTer eT • TerT • around / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents; iii • uir • down left field, r • p • C up right. CRI 263; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; Kestner -; BMCRR East 135; RPC 2202. Good VF, toned, uncertain graffito in left field of obverse. ($1000) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 156 (17 January 2007), lot 136.
951. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 38 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.62 g, 2h). Athens mint. Mark Antony, veiled, and wearing the priestly robes of an augur, standing right, holding lituus in right hand; Â • ANTONiuÍ • Â • F • Â • N • Augur • iÂp • TerT around / Radiate head of Sol right; iii • uir • r • p • C • COÍ • DeÍig • eT • iTer • TerT around. Crawford 533/2; CRI 267; Sydenham 1199; Kestner 3822-3823; BMCRR East 141-143; RSC 13. Good VF, toned. ($750) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 627; William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s 42, 26 September 2005), lot 123 (part of); purchased from W. S. Lincoln, 1904.
952. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 37 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.72 g, 12h). Antioch, or military mint traveling with Canidius Crassus in Armenia. Bare head right; ANTONiuÍ • Augur • COÍ • DeÍ • iTer • eT • TerT around / Arnenian tiara to right, over crossed bow and arrow; iÂp • TerTO • iii • uir • r • p • C around. Crawford 539/1; CRI 297; RSC 195; Sydenham 1205; Kestner -; BMCRR East 172. Good VF, toned. ($3000) From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Stack’s (24 April 2008), lot 2263.
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