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NYINC Signature Sale 3106  17-18 Jan 2023
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Lot 33220

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Marc Antony, as Imperator and Triumvir (43-30 BC), with Octavia. AR cistophorus (27mm, 11.61 gm, 1h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Ephesus, ca. summer-autumn 39 BC. M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER ET•TERT•, conjoined heads of Marc Antony and Octavia right, wearing ivy wreath / III•VIR•-R•P•C•, Dionysus standing left on cista mystica, cantharus in right hand, scepter in left; flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect. RPC I 2202. CRI 263. Sydenham 1198. RSC 3. Well-centered example struck on a nice thick flan.

As part of a pact at Brundisium in 42 BC, shortly after the Battle of Philippi, Marc Antony agreed to Octavian's arrangement to marry his widowed sister, Octavia. She traveled with Antony for several years and assisted in negotiating the renewal of the triumvirate in 37 BC, which would last until 33 BC.

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