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Fulvia (wife of Marc Antony) Æ 20mm of Eumenea (as Fulviana), Phrygia. Circa 41-40 BC. Zmertorix Philonidou, magistrate. Winged and draped bust of Fulvia (as Nike) to right; c/m: monogram within incuse circle / [ΦΟ]ΥΛΟΥΙΑΝ[ΩΝ] [ΖΜΕ]ΡΤΟΡΙΓΟ[Σ Φ]ΙΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ, Athena advancing to left, holding vertical spear and shield. RPC I 3139; BMC 21; for c/m: Howgego -, but cf. Leu Web 8, 677. 9.36g, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.
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.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of Z.P., Austria.
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.