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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 2970593, member: 88526&quot;]Most of Antony&#039;s issues are military mints traveling with him on campaign, hence the crude style.&nbsp; There are some links to Octavian&#039;s coins of the period.&nbsp; See the notes from this type:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]728733[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bare head of a bearded Mark Antony right</p><p><br /></p><p>C VIBVS VARVS</p><p>Fortuna standing left holding Victory and cornucopiae</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome 42 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>3.25g</p><p><br /></p><p>Rough but much better in hand!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 1466, RRC 494/32</p><p><br /></p><p>ex-Londinium</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortuna holding Victory shows the confidence the Triumvirs had in defeating the Ruplicans, namely Brutus and Cassius. Varus also struck this type for Octavian. It is interesting to note that on the evidence of stylistic similarity it is possible that the die-engraver responsible for the triumviral portraits was later transferred from the Capitoline mint to Antony&#039;s military mint outside the city.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that Antony is again shown bearded is in reference to his mourning for Caesar&#039;s death. Only after Caesar was avenged would Antony be shown as a typical clean shaven Roman.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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