315, Lot: 339. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. 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, 10.75 g, 1h). 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 I 2202. Fine, toned, light scratch on obverse.
From the R. D. Frederick Collection.