426, Lot: 449. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (28mm, 11.62 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, light scrape on obverse, minor encrustation on reverse.