Two Exceptional Cistophori

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 624. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $6750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mark Antony and Octavia. 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (11.91 g, 1h). Ephesus mint. M • ANTONIVS • IMP • COS • DESIG • ITER • ET TERT, head of Antony right, wearing ivy wreath; lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers / III • VIR • R • P • C •, draped bust of Octavia right above cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect. RPC I 2201; CRI 262; Sydenham 1197; BMCRR East 133; RSC 2. EF, lustrous.