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LOT 3591
Mark Antony and Octavia AE 'Dupondius'. Struck 38-37 BC. Uncertain mint in Syria.
'Fleet coinage'. L. Calpurnius Bibulus, praetor designatus. M • ANT(ligate) • IMP (MP ligate) • TER • COS • DES • IT[ER • ET • TER • III • VIR • R • P • C •], bare head of Antony to right [vis à vis bare head of Octavia to left] / [L BIBVLV]S • M • F • PR • DESIG, two galleys sailing to right; [caps of the Dioscuri above]; below, B (denomination mark). RPC I 4090; M. Amandry, "Le monnayage en bronze de Bibulus, Atratinus et Capito," SNR 65 (1986), pg. 78-79. Very Fine. Cut. Light green patina. Very rare.(9.33gr, 34mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Marc Antony and M. Junius Silanus AR Denarius. 32 BC. Athens mint.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
ANTON • 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 • AVG Q • PRO • COS. in two lines. Crawford 542/1; CRI 346; BMCRR East 175; RSC Antonia 71. 3.70gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Areas of corrosion.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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. -
The Caesarians, Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Late 48-47 BC. Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head of Venus to right / Aeneas advancing to left, carrying palladium and Anchises on shoulder; CAESAR downwards to right. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; BMCRR East 31-35; RSC 12. 3.06gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
The Caesarians, Julius Caesar AR Denarius. April-August 49 BC. Military mint traveling with Caesar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,690
CAESAR, elephant advancing to right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; Babelon (Julia) 9. 3.87gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Attractively toned.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
