Triton XIX, Lot: 425. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.91 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right; M • ANT • I(MP) • (AV)G • III • VIR • R • P • C • M • BARBAT • Q • P around / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a; RBW 1798. Superb EF, lightly toned, die break on reverse. Struck on a broad flan.

From the V. Robert Chiodo Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 512; Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (11 October 1993), lot 281.