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<p>[QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 3160887, member: 88526"]Nice one! Here's mine</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]811289[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Antonius AR Cistophorus</b></p><p>Bowcase flanked by two serpents, heads confronted, monogram above, serpent twined around thyrsus to right, Q to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cista mystica with serpent, all within ivy wreath </p><p><br /></p><p>Pergamum</p><p>Ca. 133-56 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>BMC Ionia 176 (under M. Antonius M.f.)</p><p><br /></p><p>12.34 g</p><p><br /></p><p>These "anonymous" issues were struck in Pergamum by Roman Quaestors between ca. 100-56 BC. They are called anonymous because the monograms are not easily identifiable. This issue is commonly attributed to be either Mark Antony or his brother Lucius Antony who both served as Quaestors in the east. However it is more likely that the Quaestor was in fact Marcus Antonius the orator who was Marcus and Lucius Grandfather. He served as Consul in 99 BC and as a Quaestor in Asia in 113/112 BC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 3160887, member: 88526"]Nice one! Here's mine [ATTACH=full]811289[/ATTACH] [B]Marcus Antonius AR Cistophorus[/B] Bowcase flanked by two serpents, heads confronted, monogram above, serpent twined around thyrsus to right, Q to left. Cista mystica with serpent, all within ivy wreath Pergamum Ca. 133-56 BC. BMC Ionia 176 (under M. Antonius M.f.) 12.34 g These "anonymous" issues were struck in Pergamum by Roman Quaestors between ca. 100-56 BC. They are called anonymous because the monograms are not easily identifiable. This issue is commonly attributed to be either Mark Antony or his brother Lucius Antony who both served as Quaestors in the east. However it is more likely that the Quaestor was in fact Marcus Antonius the orator who was Marcus and Lucius Grandfather. He served as Consul in 99 BC and as a Quaestor in Asia in 113/112 BC[/QUOTE]
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