Lot 2523

Description

Mark Antony and Octavia, (39 B.C.), silver cistophorus (Rhodian tetradrachm or three denarii), Ephesus mint, (11.85 grams), obv. conjoined busts of Mark Antony and Octavia to right, M. ANTONIVS IMP. COS. DESIG. ITER ET TERT around, rev. III. VIR R.P.C., Bacchus standing left on cista mystica on and between two interlaced serpents with erect heads, (S.434 [£550], Syd.1198, C. Mark Antony and Octavia 3 [£300]). Large spread broad flan, light grey silver patina, good fine and rare.

Ex. Spink, London, c.1976 and W. Woolmer, Sydney 13 August 1981 by exchange.