Triton XVI, Lot: 950. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. 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, 11.87 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Conjoined heads of Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia right; M • ANTONIVS IMP • COS • DESIG ITER ET • TERT • around / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents; III • VIR • down left field, R • P • C up right. CRI 263; RSC 3; Sydenham 1198; Kestner -; BMCRR East 135; RPC 2202. Good VF, toned, uncertain graffito in left field of obverse.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 156 (17 January 2007), lot 136.