My first day of Triton XXIV went very well. Got my main target in session one. Probably among, or even the finest known specimen of the type. I haven't seen a better one apart from the specimen of the same type that is currently in my collection (photo at the bottom of the post. The Triumvirs. Fulvia, third wife of Mark Antony. Circa 41-40 BC. Æ (20mm, 6.10 g, 12h). Eumeneia (as Fulvianon) mint. Zmertorix, son of Philonides, magistrate. Obverse: Draped bust of Fulvia (as Victory) right. Reverse: Athena standing left, holding shield and reversed spear; [Φ]OYΛOYIANΩN downward to right, [Z]MEPTOPIΓOΣ/ΦIΛΩNIΔOY in two lines downward to left. Reference: RPC I 3139. From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex David Freedman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 506. Fulvia was first married to P. Clodius, the Roman firebrand. After his violent death in 52 BC, she married C. Scribonius Curio, who likewise met an untimely end in Africa. She married Mark Antony in 44 BC, and became an outspoken defender of his interests in Rome while he campaigned in the east (and enjoyed the attentions of Cleopatra). The city of Eumenia was re-named Fulvianon in her honor by Antony's partisans. By 40 BC, Fulvia's strident attacks on Octavian had provoked a reaction, and she had to flee first to southern Italy and then to Greece. She met Antony at Athens, where he upbraided her for antagonizing Octavian when he was trying to maintain a semblance of cordial relations. Fulvia died at Sicyon shortly thereafter. Some examples of these coins show that the ethnic was removed from the die and two countermarks were applied, one that was the monogram of old Eumeneia, and the other probably of the magistrate Zmertorix, possibly proclaiming that he did not think such a renaming of the city was a good idea in the first place. My current specimen: H.D Rauch, E-Auction 28 (13 September 2018), lot 131. (24mm, 7.48 g).
Congrats finding this one, and a great feeling to get it early in the auction! What a great coin. Here is mine, that I am sure you have already seen... I just like her Olive Oyl innocent look, but she was a Tough Bad-As Leader (very uncommon for Romans), being the first living Roman Female featured on a coin. LOL, all her husbands seemed to had gotten killed! The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Late summer-autumn 43 BC. AR Quinarius (13mm, 1.67 g, 5h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Winged bust of Victory right, with the likeness of Fulvia / Lion walking right; DVNI (retrograde and inverted) above, LVGV in exergue; A to left, X [L] to right (= 40, Antony’s age at time of issue). Crawford 489/5; Lyon 2; King 75; CRI 122; Sydenham 1160; Fulvia 4. VF, lightly toned, light porosity Ex: CNG Auction
Thank you very much! It feels great with a start like this. She does have a little Olive look on the quinarii. Here's mine: (RPC I 513)
