Antony & Cleopatra Denarius

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1043. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Autumn 34 BC. AR Denarius (3.49 g, 1h). Alexandria mint. Bare head of Mark Antony right; Armenian tiara behind / Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right; stem of prow before. Crawford 543/1; CRI 345; Sydenham 1210 var. (rev. legend); RSC 1c. VF, toned, minor porosity, banker’s mark on reverse, which is struck off center.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 67 (2 May 1994), lot 390.