ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.87 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Conjoined heads right of Mark Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia, slight drapery; M • ANTONIVS IMP • COS • DESIG • ITER ET TERT • around / Dionysus, holding cantharus in right hand and thyrsus in left, standing left on cista mystica flanked by interlaced serpents; III • VIR • downward to left, R • P • C upward to right. Hiltmann, Type 2; RPC I 2202 (Cistophoric Mint); CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3. Toned, with hints of iridescence and luster, graffito in field on obverse. Good VF.
From the Michael Rogal Collection. Ex Goldman Collection (Triton XVI, 8 January 2013), lot 950; Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 156 (17 January 2007), lot 136.
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