Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1019. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Mark Antony. April-May 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.57 g, 2h). Rome mint. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Veiled and bearded head of Antony right; capis behind; lituus before /
Desultor (horseman) on horseback galloping right, a second horse by his side in background, holding whip; palm frond and wreath behind. Crawford 480/22; CRI 142; Sydenham 1077; RSC 74. VF, dark find patina, some roughness and smoothing, a shallow edge test cut.
From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Ponterio 47 (8 March 1991), lot 1400.