Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 8 3 February 2014
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M. Antonius, Denarius, Mint moving with Antonius, 32-31 BC; AR (g 3,25; mm 18; h 5); Ship r., with sceptre tied fillet on prow; above, ANT AVG; below, III VIR R P C, Rv. Eagle between two standards; below, LEG - PRI. Crawford 544/13; Antonia 104; Sydenham 1215.
Exceedingly rare, good very fine.
This specimen represents the rarest denarius of the "legionary" series struck by Marcus Antonius. We know from Pliny that these coins had a lower silver content than the other denarii of the late Republican time: Miscuit denarius triumvir Antonius ferrum (Nat.Hist. XXXIII, 46,132). Antonius struck this series in a moving military mint to pay his soldiers in view of the Battle of Actium and to flatter the pride of the legions. Today these coins indisputably represent a valuable and reliable historical evidence of the military entity under the leadership of the triumvir.
Exceedingly rare, good very fine.
This specimen represents the rarest denarius of the "legionary" series struck by Marcus Antonius. We know from Pliny that these coins had a lower silver content than the other denarii of the late Republican time: Miscuit denarius triumvir Antonius ferrum (Nat.Hist. XXXIII, 46,132). Antonius struck this series in a moving military mint to pay his soldiers in view of the Battle of Actium and to flatter the pride of the legions. Today these coins indisputably represent a valuable and reliable historical evidence of the military entity under the leadership of the triumvir.