CNG 87, Lot: 949. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.82 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8d. Near EF, lovely gray toning with a hint of blue iridescence. Two outstanding portraits.

Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 549.