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Electronic Auction 443 1 May 2019
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The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.87 g, 1h). Military mint traveling with Antony in Greece and Asia. Bare head of Antony right; lituus to left / Radiate head of Sol right. Crawford 496/3; CRI 129; Sydenham 1169; RSC 70a. VF, toned, light scratches and marks beneath toning.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Walker Christopher, Goldsmiths, Hamilton, Bermuda.
I rescued this coin from a high-end jeweler in Hamilton in the British overseas territory of Bermuda, where it was about to be polished up and mounted in a pendant. The firm, Walker Christopher, makes terrifically attractive coin jewelry from good quality coins (really worth a look at walkerchristopher.com), but in my view that's a suitable destination only for the most common of coins. On seeing the quality of the mounted coins, I asked the jeweler if he had any as yet unmounted; he told me he had nothing except a Mark Antony denarius. I was expecting a legionary, so was rather stunned to be shown this attractive rarity. I immediately rescued it. Of the two type variants, this with IMP above the lituus behind the head is by far the rarest. I guess the motto of this find is "always ask," even if in the most unlikely of circumstances. [Andrew McCabe]
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Walker Christopher, Goldsmiths, Hamilton, Bermuda.
I rescued this coin from a high-end jeweler in Hamilton in the British overseas territory of Bermuda, where it was about to be polished up and mounted in a pendant. The firm, Walker Christopher, makes terrifically attractive coin jewelry from good quality coins (really worth a look at walkerchristopher.com), but in my view that's a suitable destination only for the most common of coins. On seeing the quality of the mounted coins, I asked the jeweler if he had any as yet unmounted; he told me he had nothing except a Mark Antony denarius. I was expecting a legionary, so was rather stunned to be shown this attractive rarity. I immediately rescued it. Of the two type variants, this with IMP above the lituus behind the head is by far the rarest. I guess the motto of this find is "always ask," even if in the most unlikely of circumstances. [Andrew McCabe]