Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1472. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARK ANTONY and OCTAVIA. 39 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.74 gm). Ephesus mint. Conjoined busts of Antony and Octavia right; c/m: IMP VES AVG in incuse rectangle / Bacchus standing left on cista mystica between twisting snakes. RPC I 2202; Sear, CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3; Howgego 840 (for countermark). Fine. ($150)

From the Collection of Philip DeVicci. For other coins countermarked under Vespasian, see lots 1519 and 1577.