CNG 102, Lot: 826. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9025. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Autumn 34 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.21 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Bare head of Mark Antony right; Armenian tiara to left; ANTONI • ARMENIA • DEVICTA / Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right; at point of bust, prow right; CLEOPATRA REGINAE • REGVM • FILIORVM • REGVM. Crawford 543/1; CRI 345; Sydenham 1210 var. (rev. legend); RSC 1c; Kestner 3836; BMCRR East 179-82 var. (same); RBW 1832 var. (same). VF, toned.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 300105 (January 2006); William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s 42, 26 September 2005), lot 129, purchased from Spink, December 1894, with the original ticket (numbered 847).