417, Lot: 418. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.54 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Head of Antony right, wearing ivy wreath; lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers / Draped bust of Octavia right above cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect. CRI 262; Sydenham 1197; RSC 2; RPC I 2201. VF, toned, some light scratches and porosity, test mark on reverse edge.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 55 (13 September 2000), lot 1098.