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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2840623, member: 72818&quot;]Congrats [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER]!! That&#039;s a VERY NICE and interesting coin!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmm. I notice [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] and [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] each has a cool example of one of the two MA cistophoric types I&#039;ve been unsuccessfully chasing<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":hurting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...That&#039;s a VERY COOL foureee [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] !!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie54" alt=":hungry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my most recent---and I LOVE the historical context too:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Following the assassination of Julius Caesar, it was unclear who would inherit his legacy. The two primary contenders were Mark Antony and Octavian. Both issued a variety of coinages that propagandized their link to the slain dictator. In particular, Octavian, through his familial link, was able to associate the name CAESAR with his own portrait. Lacking a direct link of this nature, Antony often appeared with the symbols of the various offices he held which had been held by Caesar, such as the augurate. Perhaps Antony&#039;s most cunning propaganda, however, is the coinage he struck bearing both his portrait and that of Caesar. The first of these was struck while Antony was in Gaul following his defeat at Mutina in 43 BC, and was the first type struck by Antony&#039;s military mint. After the War of Mutina, Antony and Lepidus entered into an autocratic pact with Octavian, the Second Triumvirate. Antony struck these coins in this new atmosphere of cooperation to emphasize and remind the people of his former station as Caesar&#039;s right hand man - a shrewd publicity tactic at once connecting himself to the memory of the people&#039;s beloved dictator and subtly suggesting himself superior to his colleagues in prestige.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin is from the second series of this type, and was struck following the settlement in November 43 BC between Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus, in which the Second Triumvirate was formed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Antony &amp; Julius Caesar. 43 B.C. AR denarius (17 mm, 3.44 g, 5 h). Mint traveling with Antony in Cisalpine Gaul. CAESAR [DIC], bare head of Julius Caesar right; behind, capis / M A[<b>NT(Conjoined letters)</b>]O IMP <b>R P C</b> (= <b>R</b>ei<b>P</b>ublicae <b>C</b>onstituendae---Regulation of the Republic), bare head of Marc Antony right; behind, lituus. Crawford 488/1; HCRI 118; Sydenham 1165; RSC 2. Lightly toned. Good metal.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-ma-military-mint-jpg.646376/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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