Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 1936 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $350
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SOLD $280
MARK ANTONY AND OCTAVIA, (40-32 B.C.), silver cistophorus, Pergamun mint, issued c.39 B.C., (10.492 grams), obv. laureate head of Mark Antony to right, around M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, rev. Octavia head to right on cista mystica between two interlaced serpents, III VIR R P C around, (S.1512 [£475 VF], BMC 133, B.60, Syd. 1197). Has been cleaned, nearly fine and scarce.
This issue was probably struck to commemorate the marriage of Mark Antony and Octavia.
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