ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.71 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. Hiltmann, Type 1; RPC I 2201 (Cistophoric mint); CRI 262; Sydenham 1197; RSC 2. Lightly toned, pitting and scratches, trace deposits. Near VF.
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