Fulvia (first wife of Marc Antony) Æ20 of Eumeneia (as Fulvia), Phrygia. Circa 41-40 BC. Zmertorix, the son of Philonides, magistrate. Laureate bust of Fulvia (as Nike) right / Athena standing left, holding shield and spear; ZMEPTOPIΓOΣ ΦIΛΩNIΔOY in two lines to left. RPC 3139; SNG München -; Copenhagen -. 5.84g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired from Leu Numismatik AG.
Fulvia was the first wife of Marc Antony, having married him in 44 BC. She appears to have been a devoted spouse, and was an outspoken defender of his interests in Rome while he was away in the East. Antony's partisans renamed the Phrygian city of Eumeneia in her honour.