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.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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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The Triumvirs. Octavian AR Denarius. Struck autumn 32 BC-summer 31 BC. Uncertain mint in Italy (Rome?).
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Diademed and draped bust of Pax to right; behind, cornucopia; before, olive branch / CAESAR DIVI • F, Octavian, in military attire, advancing to right, raising his right hand in adlocutio and holding inverted spear over his shoulder in his left. RIC I 253; CRI 400; RSC 72. 3.99gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous surfaces with sharp details.
Private collection, Europe. -
The Triumvirs, Mark Antony AR Denarius. Autumn 32-Spring 31 BC. Military mint moving with Mark Antony.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
ANT•AVG III VIR•R•P•C, praetorian galley to right / Aquila between two signa; LEG XXI across fields. Crawford 544/37; CRI 381; BMCRR East 216; RSC 58. 2.81gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Marc Antony and M. Junius Silanus AR Denarius. 32 BC. Athens mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
[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. 3.70gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Bankers' marks.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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.
