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LOT 3294
Marc Antony and M. Junius Silanus AR Denarius. 32 BC. Athens mint.
[AN]TON • AVG • IMP • III COS • DES • III • III • V • R • P • C, bare head of Mark Antony to right; small P (engraver's signature) in hair behind ear / M • SILANVS • AV[G] Q • PRO • CO[S] in two lines. Crawford 542/1; CRI 346; BMCRR East 175; RSC Antonia 71. Very Fine. Bankers' marks.(3.70gr, 20mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Footnotes
The small P on the obverse of this coin represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920.
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LOT 3294
Marc Antony and M. Junius Silanus AR Denarius.
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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