TRITON III Only Available Aureus of Antony & Ahenobarbus 851. OCTAVIAN and M A R K ANTONY. 40-39 BC. AV Aureus (8.09 gm). Uncertain Italian mint. [CAESAR] left, IMP right, bare head of Octavian right / ANTONI[VS] left, IMP right, bare head of Antony right. Crawford 529/1; Sear 301 (this coin illustrated); Sydenham 1327; BMCRR (Gaul) 90; Bahrfeldt 29. VF, obverse off-center, graffiti before Octavian's face. Very Rare. ($5000)
Roman Republican Cast Coinage
849. MARK A N T O N Y and CN. D O M I T I U S AHENOBARBUS. Summer 40 BC. AV Aureus (8.03 gm). Corcyra mint? ANT. IMP. left, III. VIR. R. P. C. right, bare head of Antony right; lituus behind / CN. DOMIT, AHENOBARBVS IMP., p r o w of galley right; 12 pointed star above. Crawford 521/1; Sear 257; Sydenham 1178; BMCRR (east) 111; Bahrfeldt 86. Near EF, light scratch on obverse. Extremely Rare, only three k n o w n specimens, and this is tire only example in private hands! (See color plate 13) ($20,000) Ex Bank Leu Auktion 61 (17 May 1995), lot 218. Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus was the son of the consul of 54 BC, and he was a member of the Pompeian party like his father. He was pardoned by Caesar in 46 BC, and after Caesar's assassination, he followed Brutus to Macedonia as he was among those condemned under the Lex Pedia. He won a decisive naval vietory during the first battle of Philippi, and after the deaths of Brutus and Cassius, he became a pirate. In 40 BC, he was reconciled to Mark Antony, who made him governor of Bithynia, but deserted to Octavian right before the battie of Actium and died soon thereafter.
Extremely Rare Aureus of Octavian
850. OCTAVIAN. 40 BC. AV Aureus (7.95 gm). Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer. DIVI. F., bare head of Octavian right; lituus before / Q. VOCONIVS above, .S. left, C. right, VITVLVS. Q . / .DESIG., in two lines in exergue, bull walking left. Crawford 526/3; Sear 330 (this coin illustrated); S y d e n h a m 1131; BMCRR 4307; Bahrfeldt 101. Nice VF. Extremley rare, only 6 k n o w n specimens. ($20,000) 852. E T R U R I A , Volaterrae. Circa 230-220 BC. JE Aes Grave D u p o n d i u s (252.05 gm). Janiform head wearing petasos / FE-LA-ODI retrograde, dolphin left. Thurlow-Vecchi 92; Haeberlin pi. 84, 11-12. VF, green and b r o w n patina, minor encrustation a n d corrosion, old scratches on right side of obverse. Rare. ($2000)
Ex MĂźnz Zentrum Auktion 88; Busso Peus Auction 271 (1969), lot 74; Ratto (January 1956), lot 34.
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