Triton XIX, Lot: 426. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.53 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 • RARBAT • Q • P around / Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. Crawford 517/2 note; CRI 243 note; Sydenham 1181 var. (obv. legend); RSC 8a; RBW 1798 var. (same). Good VF, deep cabinet tone. Rare variety.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Virgil M. Brand Collection (Part 5, Sotheby’s, 1 February 1984), lot 384.