CNG 88, Lot: 1199. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-Autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (25mm, 10.77 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Head of Antony right, wearing ivy wreath; lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers / Draped bust of Octavia right above cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect. CRI 262; Sydenham 1197; RSC 2; RPC 2201. EF, toned, tiny red deposit on reverse. Well centered and boldly struck.

From Group CEM.