Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Marc Antony AR Denarius. Athens, 32 BC. M. Junius Silanus, quaestor proconsul. ANTON AVG IMP III [COS DES III V R P C], bare head of Marc Antony right; [in hair below ear, small P] / ANTONI[VS] AVG IMP [III] in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; Sydenham 1209; RSC 2. 3.42g, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine, banker's mark to rev., lightly toned.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Although challenging to discern on this example, the small P on the obverse represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on the die for a coin of the Roman Republic. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920.
Near Very Fine, banker's mark to rev., lightly toned.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
Although challenging to discern on this example, the small P on the obverse represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on the die for a coin of the Roman Republic. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920.