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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael Stolt, post: 3997209, member: 100445&quot;]One thing I&#039;ve been wanting to get for a good while is a high quality denarius bearing the portrait my favorite triumvir, Mark Antony.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I finally won an amazing Antony denarius at the Heritage signature sale over at the New York International the other day. One could argue that the reverse has little appeal only mentioning his titles, but the amazingly stylized portrait very much makes up for this.</p><p><br /></p><p>The type itself isn&#039;t rare, but very difficult to find with a pleasing strike / surface.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fbma1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/82220735_10157160379641596_1660974199662968832_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&amp;_nc_ohc=xOU6Y6jO3JsAX_oNoNo&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fbma1-1.fna&amp;_nc_tp=1&amp;oh=8052b1bc388faa659e9c6711a8162cad&amp;oe=5E8F5AE5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mark Antony.</b> Summer 32 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.83 g, 5h). Athens mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: <i>Bare head right; small P (signature) in hair below ear; ANTON • AVG IMP III COS DES III • III V R P C around.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: <i>ANTONIVS/AVG • IMP • III in two lines.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Crawford 542/2.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The carefully concealed letter &quot;P&quot; behind the ear of Antony&#039;s portrait represents the only known example of an artist&#039;s signature on a Roman Republican coin. The letter went unnoticed by numismatists for centuries before it was recognized in the early decades of the twentieth century.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It will be an excellent addition to the Antonian coins I already have in my collection <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancientcoingallery.net/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/FULVIACROPPED-1222222.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancientcoingallery.net/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/FULVIA1_-_Kopia.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancientcoingallery.net/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/antonycroped.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancientcoingallery.net/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/TressisPNG.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancientcoingallery.net/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/antonysmallcroped-11111.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ancientcoingallery.net/Files/Images/Coinsite/CoinDB/Bibuluscroped_-_Kopia.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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