Watch List notes:

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavian. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.87 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; M. Barbatius Pollio, quaestor pro praetore. Bare head of Mark Antony right; M • ANT • I(MP) • (AV)G • III • VIR • R • P • C • M • BARBAT • Q • P around / Bare head of Octavian right; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8; BMCRR East 103; RBW 1798 var. (Octavian with slight beard). EF, toned. Two excellent portraits.


Ex Vinchon (23 January 2015), lot 146.