CNG 94, Lot: 999. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. 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 (28mm, 11.96 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 with heads erect. CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3; RPC 2202. VF, attractive, old cabinet tone.
From the Robert M. Harlick Collection, acquired from Eric Kondratieff.