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    An AR Denarius struck 41 BC in Military Mint | Ephesos?
    Obverse: head of Mark Antony right, M·ANT·I(MP)·(AV)G·III·VIR·R·P·C·M·BARBAT·Q·P

    Reverse: head of Octavian Caesar right, CAESAR·IMP·PONT·III·VIR·R·P·C·

    Diameter: 18.5 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 3.3 g

    Mark Antony, Octavian Caesar, struck in Ephesus? from spring to early summer 41 BC. Moneyer held unusual office quaestor pro praetore in the east in 41-40 BC. He accompanie Mark Antony after the battle of Philippi. He was probably also Curule Aedile. He restored aedicula shrine on the Forum Romanum and fountain of goddess Juturna (Lacus Iuturnae).

    Crawford 517/2, RSC I Mark Antony and Augustus 8, BMCRR 103, Sydenham 1181, SRCV I 1504
    (2) Marcus Antonius
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    An AR Denarius struck 32 B.C. in Military Mint
    Obverse: ANT AVG III VIR RPC

    Reverse: LEG V

    Diameter: 17.3 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 2.73 g
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    No references provided for this coin
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    An AE As struck 38-37 BC in Achaea
    Obverse: M•ANT•IMP•TERT•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•III•VIR•RPC - Jugate busts of Mark Antony and Octavia right.

    Reverse: M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C - Galley right, below A.

    Diameter: 16 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 3.69 g
    "This unusual coin and the following four ones are examples of Mark Anthony's "fleet coinage," a series of bronzes in multiple, clearly marked denominations issued shortly after Antony's marriage alliance with Octavian, the nephew of Julius Caesar. The exact dates, the nature and purpose of the series have been the subject of much debate. David Sear places the commencement of the series in the summer of 38 BC at a still unidentified Eastern mint. The coins were struck in the names of Antony and three of his admirals--L. Sempronius Atratinus, M. Oppius Capito, and L. Calpurnius Bibulus, and falls into two distinct series, "heavy" and "light." Most of the coins depict overlapping, confronting or Janiform portraits of Antony and Octavia, his wife and Octavian's sister. A few also show Octavian, in a clearly subsidiary position. Reverses almost all feature nautical themes--galleys under full sail, or figures in chariots drawn by hippocamps. The admiral's names, themes, and the combination of Greek and Latin letters indicate the coins may have been used to pay sailors in Antony's fleet, and were intended for circulation in his Eastern realm. An intriguing feature of the series is the range of denominations, all Roman, all clearly marked in Greek letters. They range from a large bronze sestertius, previously a small silver coin, marked HS in Latin and the Greek letter-numeral D, or four, indicating a value of four asses. Next comes an unusual denomination, the tressis, or three asses, marked G; then the dupondius, two asses, marked B; and the as, marked A. The series is completed by two fractions, a semis and quadrans, marked S and with three dots (three unciae) respectively. "

    "M. Oppius Capito was Antony’s senior naval officer, stationed at the main naval base at Piraeus. His coins are found distributed around central Greece, and were most likely struck at Piraeus. His coins are found in two series, a heavy and a light and it has been suggested that some were struck at Tarentum where part of Antony’s fleet was based during the joint action against Sextus Pompey in 37-36 BC"

    "The coin illustrated here is an as, marked A, with jugate portraits of Antony and Octavia on the obverse, a galley under sail on the reverse. It falls into the "light" series, perhaps issued a year after the first release of the coins, on a lighter standard, in the name of Antony and Oppius Capito. Although this experimental coinage was short-lived and very rare today, it is interesting to note that the great currency reform started by Octavian, after he had taken the name Augustus and become the first Emperor of Rome, resulted in a bronze coinage using exactly the same denominations as Anthony's fleet issues."

    Provenance: Private purchase (August 2017).
    RPC I 1470
    (4) Marcus Antonius
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    An AR Denarius struck 32-31 BC in Military Mint
    Obverse: galley right, mast with banners at prow, ANT·AVG / III ·VIR·R·P·C

    Reverse: legionary aquila between two standards, LEG X?

    Diameter: 17.5 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 3 g

    moving mint in Greece (maybe Patrae?)

    Crawford 544/?
    (5) Marcus Antonius
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    An AR Denarius struck 32-31 BC in Military Mint
    Obverse: galley right, mast with banners at prow, ANT·AVG / III ·VIR·R·P·C

    Reverse: legionary aquila between two standards, LEG_II ?

    Diameter: 17 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 3.6 g

    moving mint in Greece (maybe Patrae?)

    Crawford 544/14?
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    An AE Semis struck 38-37 BC in Syria
    Obverse: M•ANT•TER•COS•DES• ITER•ET•TER•III•VIR•R•P•C, bare head right.

    Reverse: L•BIBVLVS•M•F•PR•DESIG, quinquereme right, with three oars and stern ending in boar's head left.

    Diameter: 20 mm
    Die Orientation: 0 H
    Weight: 3.61 g

    Provenance: Private purchase (May 2018).

    RPC I 4092
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    An AR Quinarius struck 42 BC in Lugdunum
    Obverse: Winged bust of Victory right, with the likeness of Fulvia; III·VIR downwards in left field; R·P·C upwards in right field.

    Reverse: Lion walking right; ANTONI above; A - XLI ( = 41, Antony’s age at time of issue) across field; IMP in exergue.

    Diameter: 13 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 1.88 g
    Provenance: Numismatik Naumann Auction 73 (6 January 2019), lot 440.
    RPC I 513 - Crawford 489/6
    (8) Marcus Antonius
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    An AR Denarius struck 32-31 BC in Military Mint
    Obverse: Praetorian ship right, with scepter tied with fillet on prow; above, ANT AVG; below, III. VIR. R.P.C.

    Reverse: Aquila (eagle) between two standards; around, LEG XVII CLASSICAE

    Diameter: -
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 3.27 g
    Interesting so-called Legionary issue struck shortly before the decisive naval battle of Actium in 31 BC.

    Quality VF-F
    Crawford 544/10, CRI 373, Sydenham 1238, RSC 50
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    An AE Sestertius struck 38-37 BC in Achaea
    Obverse: M ANT • IMP TER COS DES ITER ET TER III VIR R• P • C •, bare head of Antony right vis-à-vis head of Octavia left.

    Reverse: M • OPPIVS • CAPITIO • P[R) • PR • PRAEF • CLASS • F • C • - Mark Antony and Octavia in quadriga of hippocamps; in l. field, HS and below, Δ and astragalos.

    Diameter: 40 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 30.16 g
    Provenance: Aste Bolaffi - Auction 33 (29 November 2018), lot 310.
    RPC I 1462
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    An AE Tressis struck 38-37 BC in Achaea
    Obverse: M•ANT•IMP•TERT•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TER• III•VIR•R•P•C - Conjoined bare heads of Mark Antony and Octavian right, facing draped bust of Octavia left.

    Reverse: M•OPPIVS•CAPITO•PRO•PR•PRAEF•CLASS•F•C - Three galleys under sail to right. Γ (Gamma) and Triskeles below.

    Diameter: 32 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 25.78 g
    Provenance: Privately purchased from Ingemar Wallin (January 2019).
    RPC I 1463
    (11) Marcus Antonius
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    An AR Denarius struck 32-31 BC in Patrai | Military Mint
    Obverse: ANT AVG III VIR R P C; Galley right, mast with banners at prow. Bankers mark above galley

    Reverse: LEG V; Legionary eagle between two standards

    Diameter: 17 mm
    Die Orientation: 6 H
    Weight: 3.7 g
    No notes for this coin
    Crawford 544/18
    (12) Marcus Antonius
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    An AR Denarius struck 32 BC in Athens
    Obverse: Bare head right; small P (signature) in hair below ear; ANTON • AVG IMP III COS DES III • III V R P C around.

    Reverse: ANTONIVS/AVG • IMP • III in two lines.

    Diameter: 19 mm
    Die Orientation: 5 H
    Weight: 3.84 g

    "The carefully concealed letter "P" behind the ear of Antony's portrait represents the only known example of an artist's signature on a Roman Republican coin. The letter went unnoticed by numismatists for centuries before it was recognized in the early decades of the twentieth century."

    Crawford 542/2
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    An AE Semis struck 38-37 BC in Syria
    Obverse: M•ANT•TER•COS•DES• ITER•ET•TER•III•VIR•R•P•C, bare head right.

    Reverse: L•BIBVLVS•M•F•PR•DESIG, quinquereme right, with three oars and stern ending in boar's head left.

    Diameter: 19 mm
    Die Orientation: 0 H
    Weight: 4.92 g
    No notes for this coin
    RPC I 4092
    (14) Marcus Antonius
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    An AE 20 struck 37-36 BC in Marathos
    Obverse: Bare head of Antony right.

    Reverse: Bull reclining left on ground line; ϹΚΓ Μ (below), ΙΑΝ and kof (above).

    Diameter: 20 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 9.09 g
    Provenance: Purchased from C.J Martin coins (October 2020).
    RPC I 4494
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    An AR Denarius struck April-May 44 BC in Rome
    Obverse: Veiled head right, wearing beard; capis to left, lituus to right.

    Reverse: Desultor (horseman who leaps from one horse to another), wearing conical cap and holding whip, right on horseback, second horse behind; palm frond and wreath to left; P SEPVLLIVS above, MACER below.

    Diameter: 19.5 mm
    Die Orientation: 8 H
    Weight: 3.87 g

    "This is the first portrait issue of Mark Antony. Struck within a month or two of the assassination of Julius Caesar, Antony is shown bearded, clearly symbolic of one in mourning. For the next two and a half years, until after the battle of Philippi, the portraits on coins of both Mark Antony and Octavian were bearded for the same reason. The reverse depicts a rider who switches from one horse to the other while the horses are in motion, an equestrian event which was part of the Parilian games, celebrated each year on 21 April. In 44 BC, the year of Julius Caesar’s assassination, the Parilia celebrated Caesar’s victory at Munda. Including a desultor on the reverse, Mark Antony probably attempted to kindle public support of the Caesarian cause." Provenance: From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Cederlind BBS 154 (31 March 2010), lot 213, ex Gorny & Mosch auction 180 (12 October 2009), lot 322, ex Numismatica Ars Classica auction 41 (20 November 2007), lot 17.

    Crawford 480/22
    (16) Marcus Antonius
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    An AR Cistophorus struck 39 BC in Ephesos
    Obverse: M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT - Head of Antony right, wearing ivy wreath, lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers.

    Reverse: III•VIR• R•P•C - head of Octavia atop cista mystica, between twisting snakes.

    Diameter: 27 mm
    Die Orientation: 12 H
    Weight: 12.4 g

    "Following the death of Octavia's first husband C. Claudius Marcellus in 40 BC, her marriage to Antony sought to seal the Pact of Brundisium in which it had been agreed that Octavian would assume control of the west and Antony of the east. The striking of this type cements the agreement before the people of Ephesus, an important city, later made the capital of Asia Minor by Augustus in 27 BC. Octavia spent two winters with Antony in Athens and in 37 BC assisted in securing the Triumvirate for another 5 years at the Pact of Tarentum. Following this, Antony returned to the east and, having left Octavia behind, lived with Cleopatra VII in Egypt. Although they divorced in 32 BC, after Antony's defeat at the Battle of Actium and subsequent suicide, Octavia raised all of his surviving children by Fulvia and Cleopatra, along with her own."



    Provenance: Roma Numismatics, Auction XX (29-30 October 2020), lot 373.
    RPC I 2201
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    An AE As struck 38-37 BC in Achaea
    Obverse: M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET III VIR RPC - Jugate busts of Marc Antony and Octavia right.

    Reverse: M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C - Galley right; A below.

    Diameter: 22 mm
    Die Orientation: 11 H
    Weight: 6.69 g
    No notes for this coin
    RPC I 1465
    (18) Marcus Antonius
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    An AE 24 struck 37-31 BC in Balanea
    Obverse: Bare head right.

    Reverse: BAΛANEΩTΩN AP CY - Indian Dionysos in quadriga left.

    Diameter: 24 mm
    Die Orientation: 3 H
    Weight: 8.77 g
    Provenance: CNG electronic auction 461 (2 February 2020), lot 297.
    RPC I 4456
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    An AE Dupondius struck 38-37 BC in Achaea
    Obverse: M ANT IMP TERT COS DESIG ITER ET III VIR RPC - Bare head of Mark Antony right, facing draped bust of Octavia left.

    Reverse: M OPPIVS CAPITO PRO PR PRAEF CLASS F C - Two quinqueremes sailing right; caps of Dioscuri above, B below.

    Diameter: 21 mm
    Die Orientation: 0 H
    Weight: 7.76 g
    Provenance: Privately purchased from NAC (March 2021), Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 59 (4 April 2011), lot 860.
    RPC I 1469
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    An AR Denarius struck Autumn 42 B.C. in Epirus Military Mint in Greece
    Obverse: M • ANTONI IMP - Bare head of Antony right.

    Reverse: III VIR R • P • C - Facing head of Sol on disk within distyle temple.

    Diameter: 16.8 mm
    Die Orientation: 6 H
    Weight: 3.25 g
    No notes for this coin
    Crawford 496/1; CRI 128; RSC 12.
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    An AR Denarius struck 41 BC in Ephesos
    Obverse: Bare head of Mark Antony right; M • ANT • I(MP) • (AV)G • III • VIR • R • P • C • M • BARBAT • Q • P around.

    Reverse: Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around.

    Diameter: 20 mm
    Die Orientation: 12 H
    Weight: 3.99 g
    Provenance: From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen 43 (12 November 1970), lot 250; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica XVIII, 10 October 1938), lot 34; Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber Collection (J. Hirsch XXIV, 10 May 1909), lot 771.
    Crawford 517/2
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    An AE 22 struck 42 BC in Philippi
    Obverse: Bare head right; A I/C V across field, P below.

    Reverse: Togate figure seated left on sella curulis, urn at feet, holding tablet; Q PA[Q]VIVS/[R]VF LEG in two lines in field.

    Diameter: 22 mm
    Die Orientation: 12 H
    Weight: 7.25 g

    Provenance: CNG Electronic Auction 484 (27 January 2021), lot 507.

    RPC I 1647
    (23) Marcus Antonius
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    An AE 22 struck 34-33 BC in Dora
    Obverse: Conjoined diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra, and bare head of Antony right.

    Reverse: Tyche of Dora standing left, holding palm frond and caduceus; L ΘΙ (date) to left; Ω/Δ to right.

    Diameter: 22 mm
    Die Orientation: 12 H
    Weight: 7.28 g
    Provenance : CNG Electronic Auction 488 (24 March 2021), lot 353.
    RPC I 4752
    (24) Marcus Antonius | Octavian
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    An AE unit struck 37 BC in Thessalonica
    Obverse: head of Agonothesia right; AΓΩNOΘEΣIA

    Reverse: legend within wreath; ANT / KAI

    Diameter: 22.5 mm
    Die Orientation: -
    Weight: 12.5 g
    No notes for this coin
    RPC I 1552; SNG Copenhagen 375