Triton XIV, Lot: 604. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.77 g, 11h). Ephesus mint. M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right; M • ANT • I(MP) • (AV)G • III • R • P • C • M RARBAT • Q • P around / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. Crawford 517/2 note (Berlin); CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; Kestner 3793-5 var. (BARBAT); BMCRR East 100 var. (same); RSC 8d. Superb EF, traces of die rust on obverse. Large portrait of Octavian.