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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 26055745, member: 134416&quot;][ATTACH=full]1657776[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Silver denarius, Crawford 519/2, Sydenham 1177, RSC I Domitia 21, F, well centered, Uncertain Adriatic or Ionian mint, weight 3.546g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 270o, 41 - 40 B.C.; obverse AHENOBAR, bare head of Ahenobarbus right; reverse CN DOMITIVS IMP, trophy on prow right;</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus supported Cassius and Brutus following the assassination of Caesar and served as a naval commander in the Ionian Sea, opposing the Second Triumvirate, when this coin was struck. He later reconciled with Mark Antony and his son, and only child, was married to the daughter of Antony and Octavia. Disgusted with Anthony&#039;s relationship with Cleopatra, he switched his allegiance to Octavian before Actium. He was a great-grandfather of the emperor Nero.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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