118, Lot: 167. Estimate $250. Sold for $345. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARK ANTONY & OCTAVIA. 39 BC. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (26mm, 11.63 g). Ephesus mint. Conjoined busts of Antony and Octavia right / Dionysus standing left on cista between twisting snakes. RPC I 2202; CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3. Fine, toned, obverse banker's mark.

This coin celebrates the marriage of Mark Antony and Octavia. The reverse type notes Antony's being made the "New Dionysos", an honor granted to him on his arrival in Ephesus in 41 BC.