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MARCUS ANTONIUS & M. Iunius Silanus



C-013-004-2014 Cr. 542/2
  • Obverse: ANTON AVG IMP III COS DES III III V R P C, bare head of Mark Antony right.
  • Reverse: ANTONIVS / AVG IMP III. in two lines.
  • Type: Denar
  • State: Good EF
  • Weight: 3,66 gr.
  • Date: 33 BC
  • Mint: Military
  • Diameter: 19,80 mm.
  • Die axis: 1 hs
  • Crawford: 542/2
  • Other Ref: Bab. Antonia 96; Cohen 2; Syd. 1209; Sear Imp. 347; Cal. 175; FFC M. Antonio & Octavio 6.
  • Source: Görny & Mosch (03-2014). Lot 355
  • Comments:

    The small P on the obverse represents the only example of an artist engraving his initials on a Roman Republican coin. This fact went unnoticed for centuries, until it was first pointed out in a Santamaria sales catalogue in 1920 (Roma Numismatics Ltd)