Fulvia (wife of Marc Antony) Æ 21mm of Eumenea (as Fulviana), Phrygia. Circa 41-40 BC. Zmertorix Philonidou, magistrate. Winged and draped bust of Fulvia (as Nike) to right / [Φ]ΟΥΛΟΥΙΑΝΩΝ [Ζ]ΜΕΡΤΟΡΙΓΟ[Σ ΦΙ]ΛΩΝΙΔ[ΟΥ], Athena advancing to left, holding vertical spear and shield. RPC I 3139; BMC 20-21. 7.49g, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
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.