CNG 96, Lot: 731. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Autumn 34 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.51 g, 1h). Alexandria mint. Bare head of Mark Antony right; Armenian tiara to left / Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right; prow before; c/m: (MP) • (VE)S within incuse rectangle. Crawford 543/1; CRI 345; Sydenham 1210; RSC 1. For c/m: Howgego 839. Fine, lightly toned, two banker’s marks on Antony’s neck. Very rare issue with this late countermark.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 138 (7 March 2005), lot 1879.

According to Howgego, this countermark was applied to denarii at Ephesus between 1 January AD 74 and 23 June AD 79. Although known on both Republican and Imperial issues, it is rarely found on the former.