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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4494005, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks for the excellent writeup.&nbsp; This in particular made me remember all the scenes featuring Mark Antony that I enjoyed in HBO&#039;s Rome series...&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/vYIriRz5xDwPabNDo59Eng46075/GW335H418/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115038[/ATTACH]<b>ROMAN IMPERATORS. Mark Antony</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.61g, 17.8mm, Patrae (?) mint, autumn 32 - spring 31 BC.&nbsp; Sear RCV Vol. 1 p. 284, 1483 (<i>this coin illustrated</i>); Crawford 544/8. O: ANT AVG above Praetorian galley right, III VIR R P C below.&nbsp; R: CHORTIVM PRAETORIARVM, Legionary eagle (Aquila) between two standards (signa).</p><p><i>Ex Stack&#039;s Sale (December 2001), Lot 142; Ex Ponterio &amp; Associates Sale 108 (August 2000), Lot #307; Ex Gerhard Hirsch Auction 179 (21 Sep 1993), Lot 770</i></p><p><br /></p><p>From Sear&#039;s Roman Coins and their Values, Vol. 1 (Millenium Edition):[ATTACH=full]1115040[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And the woman he &quot;went native&quot; for:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1115041[/ATTACH]<b>PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera</b></p><p>AE Diobol - 80 Drachmai. 18.02g, 27mm. EGYPT, Alexandreia mint, circa 51-30 BC. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419–21. O: Diademed and draped bust right. R: BACIΛICCHC KΛEOΠATPAC, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right.</p><p><i>Reportedly ex UCLA Classics Library Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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