Mark Antony Portrait Denarius from CNG

This is my win from CNG today, excited to get it!


The Triumvirs. Mark Antony. Summer 32 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Athens mint. M. Junius Silanus, proconsul. Bare head of Antony right; small P (engraver’s signature) in hair behind ear / M • S[IL]ANVS • AVG/ [Q •] PRO • COS in two lines. Crawford 542/1; CRI 346; Sydenham 1208; RSC 71. Near VF, toned, some light scratches. Nice metal.

 

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Cool score and that's quite a portrait! Makes me think of Melqart.

 

Nice! That is a great example and I'm quite envious. I considered bidding on that one but decided to save my money for the Octavian that was one or two lots after it and unfortunately got completely stomped in the last few seconds.

 

Thats a great coin, congrats.

Interesting about the engravers sig.

 

Not as clear on this example as some I have seen, but I am still very happy to add this coin to my collection.

 

Love the bold portrait!!

I had several coins on bid in this auction and like 'red' got killed on two of them and won one.

 

Nice Denarius! Nice CNG win.

 

Awesome score

 

What the heck...I'll post it here instead of starting a new thread. Now it's a CNG winners thread LOL

I always find it impossible not to bid on Roman coins with interesting devices that vary a bit from those I already own. I just lost out on one I loved (a galley with a rare depiction of perspective that went $120 over estimate), but this one is a nice substitute. It depicts Jupiter and the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus as it originally appeared before it was destroyed in a fire with four columns, subsequently rebuilt in 69 BC with six columns. This coin alludes to the games of Rome created by Tarquin the Elder that were celebrated in the month of September in memory of the creation of the Temple of Jupiter.

It's also noted that......"The five denarii types of M. Volteius celebrate the great cycle of Roman festivals and games, the Ludi Romani, Plebii, Ceriales, Megalenses and Apollonares. There is a sixth festival in the cycle, the Ludes Florales, which hints at a possibly unknown coin issue of Volteius."


M. Volteius M.f. 75 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.80 g, 7h). Rome mint.
Laureate and bearded head of Jupiter right / Tetrastyle temple of Jupiter Capitolinus; winged thunderbolt in pediment.
M(arcus) VOLTEI(us) M(arci) F(ilius)
Crawford 385/1; Sydenham 774; Volteia 1.

 

Excellent style

Q

 

@Aethelred

Great acquisition. Those are not easy to find and there is plenty of competition for them when they do pop up. Congratulations on a really nice addition to your collection.

I have the 'brother' of this this coin. It has the other reverse.

 

Awesome coin! Somehow I missed that one. Must have glanced over it . I missed out on a few coins that I had my eye on today due to work. By the time I was free, it was towards the end of the Roman Imperial section . I did, however, manage to snag a couple of gems:




Divus Constantius I. Died AD 306. Æ Follis (27mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Londinium (London) mint. Struck under Constantine I, AD 307-310. Veiled, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MEMORIA FELIX, lighted and garlanded altar; an eagle standing on either side; PLN. RIC VI 110 corr. (bust type); Cloke & Toone 5.04.010. Near EF, dark green patina.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.





Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Half Follis (26mm, 9.59 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 16 (542/3). Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large K; staurogram above, date across field; NI. DOC (143); MIBE 116b; SB 203. Good VF, dark brown patina, some roughness.





Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus. 820-829. Æ Follis (29.5mm, 7.79 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 821-829. Crowned facing busts of Michael, wearing chlamys, and Theophilus, wearing loros; cross above / Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, Ө below. DOC 9; SB 1642. VF, dark green surfaces, scratch on obverse.





Theophilus. 829-842. Æ Half Follis (22.5mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 831-842. Half-length facing figure of Theophilus, wearing loros and tufa decorated with three pellets, holding labarum and globus cruciger / Legend in four lines within linear circle. DOC 16a.2; SB 1668. VF, dark green patina.





Anonymous Folles. temp. Nicephorus III, circa 1078-1081. Æ Follis (23.5mm, 2.81 g, 6h). Class I. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Latin cross with central X, globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll to lower left and right. DOC I.1-64; SB 1889. Good VF, dark green patina, overstruck (likely on follis of Michael VII, SB 1878). Excellent portrait of Christ.

Ex Rauch 94 (9 April 2014), lot 1583.





ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk). Artuqids (Mardin). Najm al-Din Alpi. AH 547-572 / AD 1152-1176. Æ Dirham (29mm, 11.75 g, 6h). Unlisted (Mardin[?]) mint. Undated issue. Diademed Seleukid-style bust right; laqab of Alpi across neck; c/m: Arabic inscription in incuse across face / Name and titles of Najm al-Din Alpi in three lines; genealogy in outer margins. Whelan Type I, 37-8; S&S Type 27; Album 1827.2; ICV 1200. Good VF, hard earthen black-green patina.

 

nice score on antony!i was looking at a mark antony and cleopatra coin, but it soon zoomed out of budget cause i've got my neck bowed for some other coins.

 

Well done Mikey! That is a nice Volt! I always called this the "Hairy House" reverse!

 

That's a great looking coin. What a fantastic and distinctive portrait.

 

Wonderful posts!!

And, as they say at the lottery drawings...."Congratulations on all the winners out there..."

 

I am never sure if the ones I "got killed" on are the ones I didn't win, or the ones that I did win.

 

I thought I recognised your avatar on the republican galley, they are a popular coin as that one proved, at least you picked up a great coin in the temple of Jupiter denarius. Congrats.

 

Ooops => okay, fine ... here is my junk as well (I have my own thread too)

... *whatev*



... this was my only blood in today's carnage ...

$60 hammer

 

I noticed many coins going for strong prices. I was blown away on a few but did win a nice consolation prize.



Vespasian. AD 69-79. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 2.91 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 74. Laureate head right / Winged caduceus. RIC II 703; RSC 362. Good VF.