Marc Antony denarius

Here it is. I went to a coin show today hoping to find a portrait denarius of Marc Antony. I bought this one from Robert of Calgary Coin. I love the toning and I think the portrait is also quite nice.

Please post your coins of Marc Antony

Marc Antony AR Denarius. Athens, 32 BC. M. Junius Silanus, quaestor proconsul. 3.42g, 19mm ANTON AVG IMP III COS DES III V R P C, bare head of Marc Antony right / ANTONIVS AVG IMP III in two lines. Crawford 542/2; CRI 347; Sydenham 1209; RSC 2.ex: Manfred Swan Collection, ex: Calgary Coin.

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Someone I would like to get eventually, nice portrait & congrats.

 

Congrats @Orfew, that's a terrific portrait!!!!

Some old practice photos of my only M Anthony portrait with Augustus...

 

Nice MA Orfew and Mickey. One of these days I will find one I can afford. MA was said to be a ladies man. Handsome with a strong chin.

 

I see that cistophor tet in your gallery bing...

 

A friend just edited the photo for me. I think it looks much better.

 

Yes, you are correct. Actually, I had forgotten all about it. But I still want one similar to the OP coin from a Roman mint. Just so others can see, this is the coin we're talking about:

MARCUS ANTONIUS
Ionia Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, head of Antony right, wreathed in ivy, lituus below, all within wreath of ivy and grapes REVERSE: III VIR R P C, bust of Octavia right on cista flanked by snakes Ephesus 39 BC
11.8gm, 26mm
RPC I 2201, Sydenham 1197, Sear 262

 

Every time I look for Anthony I have to chuckle. He looks like he got into a lot of fights as a kid and had broken that nose numerous times!

 

even funnier when he tried to make himself look like caesar...

 

Awesome coin Orfew! Congrats.

 

Some portraits:






and a non-portrait:

 

One more:

 

nice ... gorgeous coins, fellas

 

Of course, everyone has a strong chin compared to the Julio-Claudians.

 

I don't have any portraits of Antony unfortunately but I do have a nice "LEG XV" legionary denarius(the "V" is almost invisible due to a worn die). This thing is so darkly toned it almost looks like bronze


Roman Imperatorial period AR denarius(3.40g, 17mm). Marc Antony, triumvir, 32-31 BC, Patrae(?) mint. Galley right, with sceptre tied with fillet on prow; above ANT AVG; below, III VIR R P C / Aquila between two standards; below, LEG XV. Border of dots. Crawford 544/30; Sydenham 1235.

 

WOW !! Awesome posts!!

 

Wow, red_spork => that's a great c/m (banker's mark?) on that sweet AR denarius (it's the total package ... great coin)

 

Neat pickup, Orfew. Any Mark Antony portrait is nice to have, even if the style of many of his coins tend to look like caricatures. It's hard to post one after Phil's fantastic examples, but I'll throw this one in because of how the mark on Octavian's neck looks like someone slit his throat and Antony is looking his way with a smirk .

 

Well, nice coins folks !

Yesterday I was browsing the entire Vcoins website in search of a MA I would like to buy, but none screamed "buy me" to my face. Among the imperators, MA is a guy I have a soft spot for and I love coins of his. Here are some more (posting after @Volodya has is always challenging though)


Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Denarius minted in 43 BC
M ANTO IMP RPC, Head of Mark Antony right, lituus behind him
CAESAR DIC, Head of Caesar right, jug behind him
3.76 gr
Ref : HCRI # 123, RCV #1465, Cohen #3



Mark Antony and Octavian, Denarius minted in Asia minor c.41 BC
M ANT IMP AVG III RPCM BARBAT QP, Bare head of Mark Antony right
CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR RPC, Bare head of Octavian right
3.62 gr
Ref : HCRI # 243, RCV #1504, Cohen #8
Ex Coll Alain M.



Mark Antony and Lucius Antonius, Denarius minted in Ephesus in 41 BC
M ANT IMP AVG III VIR RPCM NERVA PROQ P, Bare head of Mark Antony right
L ANTONIUS COS, Bare head of Lucius Antonius right
3.58 gr
Ref : HCRI # 246, RCV #1509, Cohen #2
Following description taken from NAC auction 40, #617, about an other example of the same coin :
"This denarius, depicting the bare heads of Marc Antony and his youngest brother Lucius Antony, is a rare dual-portrait issue of the Imperatorial period. The family resemblance is uncanny, and one wonders if they truly looked this much alike, or if it is another case of portrait fusion, much like we observe with the dual-portrait billon tetradrachms of Antioch on which the face of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII takes on the square dimensions of Marc Antony. When Antony fled Rome to separate himself from Octavian and to take up his governorship in Gaul, Lucius went with him, and suffered equally from the siege of Mutina. This coin, however, was struck in a later period, when Lucius had for a second time taken up arms against Octavian in the west. Marc Antony was already in the east, and that is the region from which this coinage emanates. Since Lucius lost the ‘Perusine War’ he waged against Octavian, and was subsequently appointed to an office in Spain, where he died, it is likely that he never even saw one of his portrait coins."



Mark Antony, Fourree denarius Minted in Athens in 32 BC
ANTON AVG IMP III COS DES III III V R P C, bare head of Mark Antony right
ANTONINVS / AVG IMP III in two lines
3,52 gr
Ref : RCV # 1478, HCRI # 347, RSC # 2, Cohen # 2



Mark Antony, Denarius struck in a travelling mint, c.32-31 BC
ANT AVG III VIR RPC, Galley right
LEG IV, Legionary eagle between two standards
3.67 gr
Ref : HCRI #352, Cohen #30

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Great example Orfew! MA has been on my list for awhile, some very cool examples posted, gives a good cross section of types.