Marc Antony AR Denarius. Athens, summer 32 BC. Bare head to right, small P (engraver's signature) in hair behind ear; ANTON•[AVG•IMP•III•]COS•DES•III•III•V•R•P•C around / ANTONIV[S] AVG•IMP•II[I] in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; BMCRR East 177; RSC 2. 3.73g, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private North American collection;
Previously acquired from Áureo & Calicó (since cleaned);
Ex Lifchuz Collection.
The small P on the obverse of this coin represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920.