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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 637

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 11 000 USD
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ACHAEA. Mark Antony, with Octavian and Octavia. Late Summer-Autumn 38 BC. Æ Tressis (33mm, 25.76 g, 7h). 'Fleet coinage' issue. Heavy series. Uncertain naval base mint (Piraeus?); M. Oppius Capito, propraetor and praefectus classis. [M ANT IMP TE]R · COS · DESIG · I(TE)R · ET · TER · III [VIR R P C], conjoined bare heads of Mark Antony and Octavian, and draped bust of Octavia, vis-à-vis / M [O]PPIV[S C]APITO · PRO · PR · PRAE[F CLASS F C], three galleys under sail right; Γ and triskeles below. Amandry, Bronze II, 1B, – (D1/R7; an unlisted die combination); RPC I 1463.23 (this coin); CRI 286; Sydenham 1266; BMCRR East 154. Rough brown surfaces, edge split. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype. Extremely rare, only two in CoinArchives, and excellent for issue.

From the Michael Stolt Collection, purchased from Ingemar Wallin Mynthandel, January 2019.
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