Lot 4291

Description

Mark Antony, (32-31 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Mark Antony, (3.21 g), obv. praetorian galley to right with rowers etc., around [ANT AVG] III VIR. R.P.C., rev. legionary eagle between two standards, around above [CHORTI]VM PRAETORIARVM, (S.1483, Sear Imperators 385, Cr.544/1, Syd.1212, RSC Mark Antony 8). Toned, with a few surface scratches, otherwise very fine and rare.

Ex Dr Adrian Carr Collection and purchased from Spink & Sons, London with ticket, bought in 2002.

These named issues were to the four praetorian cohorts, the elite troops and a rarer type of the legionary issue.