Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1364. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] MARK ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. 34 BC. AR Denarius (3.54 g, 2h). Alexandria mint. ANTONI. ARMENI-A. DEVICTA, bare head of Antony right; Armenian tiara behind / CLEOPATR[AE REGINAE] REGVM FILIORVM REGVM, diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right; stem of prow before. Crawford 543/1; CRI 345; Sydenham 1210; Kestner 3836; BMCRR East 179; RSC 1. Good VF, deep gray toning, hairline flan crack, traces of porosity and smoothing. ($3000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.

This denarius commemorates the conquest by Mark Antony over the Armenians in 34 BC and celebrates his mistress Cleopatra VII, the final queen of Egypt.