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MARCUS ANTONIUS



C-013-007-2017 Cr. 533/2
  • 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