The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 31 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.73 g, 1h). Uncertain mint (Actium?); D. Turullius, moneyer. Bare head right; M • ANTONIVS AVG IMP IIII COS TERT III VIR • R • P • C around / Victory standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm frond over left shoulder; D • (TVR) to lower right; all within wreath. Crawford 545/1; CRI 387; Sydenham 1211; RSC 11; BMCRR East 227; Kestner 3868; RBW 1850. Toned, small banker's mark on nose, a couple of light scratches. VF. Very rare.
From the Dr. John Whitehead Collection. Ex CNG inventory 803864 (December 2007); Künker 133 (11 Oct 2007), lot 8478.
This final issue of Antony's portrait coinage was struck just before Actium by Decimus Turullius, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar and one of the few senior officers still loyal to Antony.