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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Stolt, post: 3295798, member: 100445&quot;]Fulvia, first wife of Mark Antony. Circa 41-40 BC. Æ 23 (7.48 g). Zmertorix, the son of Philonides, magistrate. Minted in Eumeneia (as Fulviana), PHRYGIA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Bust of Fulvia (as Victory) right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Minerva standing left, holding shield and spear; [ΦOYΛOYIANON] in right field, [Z]MEPTOPIΓOΣ/[Φ]IΛΩNIΔOΥ] in two lines in left field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: RPC I 3139</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Fulvia (c. 83 BC – 40 BC) was an aristocratic Roman woman who lived during the Late Roman Republic. She gained access to power through her marriage to three of the most promising men of her generation, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribonius Curio, and Mark Antony. All three husbands were politically active populares, tribunes, and supporters of Julius Caesar. Though she is more famous for her involvement in Antony&#039;s career, many scholars believe that she was politically active with all of her husbands.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Fulvia married Mark Antony in 44 BC, and became an outspoken defender of his interests in Rome while he campaigned in the East. The city of Eumenia (where this coin was struck) was re-named Fulviana in her honor by Antony&#039;s partisans. By 40 BC Fulvia&#039;s strident attacks on Octavian caused a great deal of trouble for Antony, who upbraided her for antagonizing Octavian, with whom he was trying to maintain a semblance of cordial relations. Fulvia died at Sicyon shortly thereafter. Sometime afterward these coins struck at &quot;Fulviana&quot; had their ethnic scratched off, and two countermarks were applied (this specimen got away) : one may be resolved as Eumeneia; the other as Philonidos, although Zmertorix himself has been suggested). These countermarks suggest that, rather than melting down the coinage of Fulvia and striking new coins, a more expeditious solution was required to keep needed currency in circulation.&quot;<img src="http://www.ancientcoingallery.net/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/FULVIA1_-_Kopia.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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