267, Lot: 342. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 32 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.71 g, 7h). Athens mint. Bare head right; [small P (signature) in hair below ear] / Legend in two lines across field. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; Sydenham 1209; RSC 2. Near Fine, toned, rough surfaces.

From the Dick Schultz Collection.

The only such instance of an engraver’s signature on a Roman Republican coin, the ‘P’ marking behind Antony’s ear is so well concealed that it was not discovered until 1920.