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Marc Antony, as Imperator and Triumvir (43-30 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.80 gm, 2h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 2/5, graffito, scratches, smoothing. Military mint traveling with Antony, 33-32 BC, M. Junius Silanus, quaestor and proconsul. ANTON AVG IMP III COS DES III III•V•R•P•C•, bare head of Marc Antony right; P• behind ear / ANTONIVS / AVG•IMP•III, legend in two lines. Crawford 542/2. Sydenham 1209. Antonia 97 and Junia 172.
From the Robert S. Sloan Collection. Ex Coin Galleries, Mail Bid Sale (13 November 1985), lot 448
The small P on the obverse represents the only known example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin type. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalog in 1920.
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Marc Antony, as Imperator and Triumvir (43-30 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.80 gm, 2h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 2/5, graffito, scratches, smoothing. Military mint traveling with Antony, 33-32 BC, M. Junius Silanus, quaestor and proconsul. ANTON AVG IMP III COS DES III III•V•R•P•C•, bare head of Marc Antony right; P• behind ear / ANTONIVS / AVG•IMP•III, legend in two lines. Crawford 542/2. Sydenham 1209. Antonia 97 and Junia 172.
From the Robert S. Sloan Collection. Ex Coin Galleries, Mail Bid Sale (13 November 1985), lot 448
The small P on the obverse represents the only known example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin type. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalog in 1920.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-marc-antony-as-imperator-and-triumvir-43-30-bc-ar-denarius-18mm-380-gm-2h-ngc-choice-vf-4-5-2-5-/a/61316-22058.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61316-05142023
HID02906262019
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