CNG 90, Lot: 1395. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. April-May 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.74 g, 8h). Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Veiled and bearded head of Antony right; capis behind, lituus below chin / Desultor (horseman) on horseback galloping right, a second horse by his side in background, wearing conical cap, holding whip and reins; palm frond and wreath behind. Crawford 480/22; Alföldi Type XXI, 6 (A4/R5); CRI 142; Sydenham 1077; RSC 74. VF, toned, some porosity, scratch under tone on obverse. Very rare first portrait issue of Antony.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.