Assassin of Caesar - Ally of Antony

Triton XVI, Lot: 962. Estimate $3000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.71 g, 12h). Uncertain (Actium[?]) mint. D. Turillius, moneyer. Bare head right; M • ANT[ONIVS] AVG IMP IIII COS TERT III VIR • R • P • C around / Victory standing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond over left shoulder; D (TVR) to lower right; all within wreath. Crawford 545/1; CRI 387; RSC 11; Sydenham 1211; Kestner 3868; BMCRR East 227. Good VF, lightly toned, minor flan flaws on overse and reverse. Rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 51 (5 March 2009), lot 131; Künker 100 (21 June 2005), lot 47.