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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2788083, member: 4298&quot;]Very good coin [USER=72818]@Mikey Zee[/USER] and wonderful writeup</p><p><br /></p><p>I can contribute here</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0023-050np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Denarius </b> Denarius minted in 43 BC</p><p>M ANTO IMP RPC, Head of Mark Antony right, lituus behind him</p><p>CAESAR DIC, Head of Caesar right, jug behind him</p><p>3.76 gr</p><p>Ref : HCRI # 123, RCV #1465, Cohen #3 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0023-065.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Lepidus and Octavian, Denarius </b> Denarius minted in Italy, 42 BC</p><p>LEPIDVS PONT MAX III V R P C, bare head of Lepidus right (NT and MA in monograms)</p><p>C CAESAR IMPIII VIR R P C, bare head of Octavian right (MP in monogram)</p><p>3.78 gr</p><p>Ref : HCRI # 140, RCV # 1523, Cohen # 2</p><p><br /></p><p>The following from Forvm catalog :</p><p><i>&quot;Lepidus was a faithful follower of Julius Caesar, and he served as Praetor and Consul. When Caesar was assassinated, Lepidus was in charge of the cavalry and commanded a legion. This position secured him a place in the Second Triumvirate along Marc Antony and Octavian. His cut was Africa. When Octavian attacked Sextus Pompey&#039;s Sicily, Lepidus&#039; ships and troops supported him. In an uninspired move, Lepidus thought he could force Octavian to leave him the island. The two armies separated and isolated skirmishes occurred, but soon the soldiers sick of yet another civil war, acknowledging Octavian&#039;s superiority deserted Lepidus en-masse. Lepidus left the island as a simple civilian, retaining only his priesthood, but he was the only defeated Imperator not to suffer a violent death.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0023-060np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Mark Antony and Octavian, Denarius </b> Denarius minted in Asia minor c.41 BC</p><p>M ANT IMP AVG III RPCM BARBAT QP, Bare head of Mark Antony right</p><p>CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR RPC, Bare head of Octavian right</p><p>3.62 gr</p><p>Ref : HCRI # 243, RCV #1504, Cohen #8</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0023-070np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Mark Antony and Lucius Antonius, Denarius </b> Denarius minted in Ephesus in 41 BC</p><p>M ANT IMP AVG III VIR RPCM NERVA PROQ P, Bare head of Mark Antony right</p><p>L ANTONIUS COS, Bare head of Lucius Antonius right</p><p>3.58 gr</p><p>Ref : HCRI # 246, RCV #1509, Cohen #2</p><p>Following description taken from NAC auction 40, #617, about an other example of the same coin :</p><p>&quot;<i>This denarius, depicting the bare heads of Marc Antony and his youngest brother Lucius Antony, is a rare dual-portrait issue of the Imperatorial period. The family resemblance is uncanny, and one wonders if they truly looked this much alike, or if it is another case of portrait fusion, much like we observe with the dual-portrait billon tetradrachms of Antioch on which the face of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII takes on the square dimensions of Marc Antony. When Antony fled Rome to separate himself from Octavian and to take up his governorship in Gaul, Lucius went with him, and suffered equally from the siege of Mutina. This coin, however, was struck in a later period, when Lucius had for a second time taken up arms against Octavian in the west. Marc Antony was already in the east, and that is the region from which this coinage emanates. Since Lucius lost the ‘Perusine War’ he waged against Octavian, and was subsequently appointed to an office in Spain, where he died, it is likely that he never even saw one of his portrait coins</i>.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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