Marc Antony and Octavia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Circa 39 BC. M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT, conjoined busts of Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia to right / III•VIR• R•P•C, Dionysus standing to left on cista mystica between twisting snakes, holding sceptre. RPC I 2202; RSC 3; CRI 263; BMCRR East 136. 11.67g, 27mm, 2h.
Very Fine; pleasant old cabinet tone.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 882.