CNG 100, Lot: 1825. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 32-spring 31 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Legionary issue. Patrae(?) mint. Praetorian galley right; ANT • AVG III • VIR • R • P • C around / Aquila between two signa; LEG XVII • CLASSICAE above. Crawford 544/10; CRI 373; Sydenham 1238; RSC 50. Good VF, toned. Rare.

An interesting variation from other legionary denarii issued under Mark Antony, the seventeenth also bore the cognomen Classicae, indicating that they held special naval duties within the military.