438, Lot: 433. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (25.5mm, 11.83 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Conjoined heads right of Mark Antony, wreathed, and Octavia / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents. CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3; RPC I 2202. VF, toned, metal flaw on reverse, a few light marks and scratches.

The metal flaw on the reverse of this coin gives the appearance of the coin being a fourrée. As there are not any other indications of the coin being a fourrée, the base metal within the metal flaw is probably a deposit.