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MARCUS ANTONIUS
- Obverse: III•VIR•R•P•C•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT, radiate bust of Sol right
- Reverse: M•ANTONIVS•M•F•M•N•AVGVR•IMP•TER, Antony standing right, dressed as priest, veiled, wearing toga and holding a lituus
- Type: Denar
- State: Good EF
- Weight: 3,70 gr.
- Date: 38 BC
- Mint: Athens
- Diameter: 20 mm.
- Die axis: 7 hs
- Crawford: 533/2
- Other Ref: CRI 267; Syd. 1199; RSC 13a
- Source: Roma Numismatics XIII, 2017, lot 657
- Comments:
Near Mint State. Among the finest known examples. Ex Leo Benz Collection, Numismatik Lanz 88, 23 November 1998, lot 844 This coin is a truly outstanding example of the type, being well struck on sound metal, lacking the always-present areas of flatness, and having been barely circulated. Of the hundred or so examples present on CoinArchives, this is by a very significant margin the finest