279, Lot: 417. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.74 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Conjoined heads right of Mark Antony, wreathed, and Octavia / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents. CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3; RPC 2202. Near VF, toned, scratches.
From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.