Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2021 ANA Auction 16-21 Aug 2021
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MARC ANTONY & OCTAVIAN. AV Aureus (8.02 gms), Military mint traveling with Antony in Cisalpine Gaul or Italy, 43 B.C. NGC F, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5.
Cr-492/1; CRI-124; Calico-108; Syd-1162. Obverse: Bare head of Mark Antony right; lituus to left; Reverse: Bare head of Octavian right. Some minor marks in the fields and a good deal of wear. Nevertheless, a RARE offering that presents two iconic ancient personas in the year following Julius Caesar's assassination. Just a little over a decade after this piece was struck, the two would become mortal enemies, with Octavian defeating Antony's forces at Actium, and the latter committing suicide following the defeat.
Ex: Superior (5/1989) Lot # 6232.
Estimate: $15000 - $25000
Cr-492/1; CRI-124; Calico-108; Syd-1162. Obverse: Bare head of Mark Antony right; lituus to left; Reverse: Bare head of Octavian right. Some minor marks in the fields and a good deal of wear. Nevertheless, a RARE offering that presents two iconic ancient personas in the year following Julius Caesar's assassination. Just a little over a decade after this piece was struck, the two would become mortal enemies, with Octavian defeating Antony's forces at Actium, and the latter committing suicide following the defeat.
Ex: Superior (5/1989) Lot # 6232.
Estimate: $15000 - $25000