The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn

The Triumvirs. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (29mm, 11.68 g, 12h). Ephesus mint. Conjoined heads right of Mark Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents. CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3; RPC I 2202. Lightly toned, porosity, a few light scratches, minor deposits on reverse. Good VF. Struck on a broad flan.


From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Roma E-Sale 32 (7 January 2017), lot 801.