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Caius Antonius. Denarius, 3.93g. (11h). . , 43 BC. Obv: C ANTONIVS M F PROCOS Draped bust of Genius of Macedonia right, wearing Macedonian cap. Rx: PONTIFEX Emblems of pontificate: two ladles and ax. Crawford 484/1. Sydenham 1286 (R8). Sear, Imperators 141. EF.
Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 164, 20 May 2009, lot 327. Ex Lanz 112, 25 November 2002, lot 269.
Caius Antonius, younger brother of Mark Antony, was made praetor and pontifex in 44 BC through Julius Caesar's influence. In 43 BC he tried to occupy the province of Macedonia which the Senate had voted to him but then taken away. Brutus, however, opposed him, besieged him at Apollonia in Illyricum, captured him, and, early in 42, put him to death to avenge the murder of Cicero by the Triumvirs. Thus Caius was closely connected with the great men and momentous events of the years 44-42 BC. According to Grueber in BMCRR II p. 471 note and Sear, this very rare denarius, whose obverse refers to the province that Caius was trying to occupy, may have been struck in Apollonia during the siege by Brutus. A classic rarity of the Imperatorial series.
Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 164, 20 May 2009, lot 327. Ex Lanz 112, 25 November 2002, lot 269.
Caius Antonius, younger brother of Mark Antony, was made praetor and pontifex in 44 BC through Julius Caesar's influence. In 43 BC he tried to occupy the province of Macedonia which the Senate had voted to him but then taken away. Brutus, however, opposed him, besieged him at Apollonia in Illyricum, captured him, and, early in 42, put him to death to avenge the murder of Cicero by the Triumvirs. Thus Caius was closely connected with the great men and momentous events of the years 44-42 BC. According to Grueber in BMCRR II p. 471 note and Sear, this very rare denarius, whose obverse refers to the province that Caius was trying to occupy, may have been struck in Apollonia during the siege by Brutus. A classic rarity of the Imperatorial series.