Mark Antony and Augustus, ancient imitation. Denarius, 3.07g. (1h). . , After 19 BC. Obv: Bare head of Antony right, M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARBAT Q P around. Rx: SIGNIS RECEPTIS above and below S P Q R around shield inscribed CL V; standard on left, aquila on right. Unpublished; cf. Crawford 517/2, obverse, and Paris 1141, reverse (this die). EF/VF.
Ex Randy Haviland Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 134, 8 October 2003, lot 243.
Another enigmatic piece, combining unrelated types separated by some twenty years. It shows no evidence of being other than good silver; its weight of 3.07g is light, but not impossibly so. See Harlan J. Berk 129, lot 166 for another example of this rare reverse variant with aquila right and eagle left, also weighing 3.07g.