Triton XVI, Lot: 949. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 11.79 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Head of Antony right, wearing ivy wreath; lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers; M • ANTONIVS • IMP • COS • DESIG • ITER ET TERT around / Draped bust of Octavia right above cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect; III • VIR • R • P • C • around. CRI 262; Sydenham 1197; BMCRR East 133; RSC 2; RPC 2201. Near EF, toned, edge test on reverse, several scratches under tone, a pair of shallow drill marks on obverse at 11 o’clock.