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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 4054583, member: 76440&quot;]I bought this coin at one of the NYINC auctions.&nbsp; Before the auction, I found a 1971 Stack&#039;s provenance for the coin, which made me optimistic that I could take the pedigree further back.&nbsp; I was not disappointed with what I soon found.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062305[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rome, The Imperators.</b></p><p><b>Marc Antony and M. Nerva, 41 BCE.</b></p><p><b>AR Denarius (3.69g; 20mm).</b></p><p><b>Ephesus mint.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse</b>:&nbsp; M·ANT·IMP·AVG·III·VIR· R·P·CM·NERVA PROQ·P; bare head of Marc Antony, facing right.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse</b>:&nbsp; L·ANTONIVS – COS; bare head of Lucius Antony, facing right.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>References</b>: Crawford 517/5a; HCRI 246; Sydenham 1185; BMCRR (East) 107; Antonia 48; Banti &amp; Simonetti 3 (this coin illustrated).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance</b>:&nbsp; Ex Private Japanese Collection [Heritage 3081 (12 Jan 2020) Lot 30157]; Heritage 3030 (5 Jan 2014) Lot 23911; Stack&#039;s (14 Jun 1971) Lot 332; V.J.E. Ryan (d. 1947) Collection [Glendining (2 Apr 1952) Lot 1932].</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck in Ephesus by Marc Antony and the pro quaestor M. Cocceius Nerva (ancestor of the Emperor Nerva) during the year of Lucius Antony’s consulship.&nbsp; Lucius Antony was Marc Antony’s younger brother and supporter.&nbsp; During Lucius’ time as consul, Octavian was in the process of allotting confiscated land throughout Italy to army veterans.&nbsp; In response to the unpopular policy, Lucius Antony conspired with Marc Antony’s wife, Fulvia, to defend cities and landowners against Octavian’s confiscations.&nbsp; Lucius and Fulvia expected Marc Antony’s Gallic colleagues to support their efforts, but such support never materialized.&nbsp; As a result, Octavian besieged them at Perusia, where they were hunkering-down, and they eventually capitulated.&nbsp; Octavian pardoned them, rather than risk incurring Marc Antony’s wrath.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lucius was made governor of Spain where he eventually died.</p><p><br /></p><p>The portraiture of the brothers Antony on this coin are quite distinct and likely veristic; Lucius being depicted with a bald pate and a more aquiline nose compared to his elder brother.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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