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<p>[QUOTE="Michael Stolt, post: 5500139, member: 100445"]Thanks to CNG for being excellent and flexible, my collection will soon have a superb addition. This is a coin I've had my sights on for a while. As this type is pretty common I wanted something special, and special it is. It has everything I want, fine style, high grade, great toning and a superb provenance. Very very very happy!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239807[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Triumvirs. <b>Mark Antony </b>and <b>Octavian</b>. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.98 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; <b>M. Barbatius Pollio</b>, quaestor pro praetore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Bare head of Mark Antony right; M • ANT • I(MP) • (AV)G • III • VIR • R • P • C • M • BARBAT • Q • P around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around.</p><p><br /></p><p>References: Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a; RBW 1798; de Sartiges 25 (this coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 584; Münzen und Medaillen 43 (12 November 1970), lot 250; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica XVIII, 10 October 1938), lot 34; Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber Collection (J. Hirsch XXIV, 10 May 1909), lot 771.</p><p><br /></p><p>"The fraught relationship of Mark Antony and Octavian underwent numerous permutations during their 13-year joint domination of the Roman state. This denarius, struck in mid-41 BC in the eastern half of the Empire ruled by Antony, puts the political situation in stark terms, with Antony and Octavian, still sporting youthful long sideburns, on opposite sides. While Antony occupies the dominant obverse, Octavian calls himself by the potent name Caesar, soon to become a title for future Roman emperors."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Stolt, post: 5500139, member: 100445"]Thanks to CNG for being excellent and flexible, my collection will soon have a superb addition. This is a coin I've had my sights on for a while. As this type is pretty common I wanted something special, and special it is. It has everything I want, fine style, high grade, great toning and a superb provenance. Very very very happy! [ATTACH=full]1239807[/ATTACH] The Triumvirs. [B]Mark Antony [/B]and [B]Octavian[/B]. Spring-early summer 41 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.98 g, 12h). Ephesus mint; [B]M. Barbatius Pollio[/B], quaestor pro praetore. Obverse: Bare head of Mark Antony right; M • ANT • I(MP) • (AV)G • III • VIR • R • P • C • M • BARBAT • Q • P around. Reverse: Bare head of Octavian right, wearing slight beard; CAESAR • IMP • PONT • III • VIR • R • P • C • around. References: Crawford 517/2; CRI 243; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8a; RBW 1798; de Sartiges 25 (this coin). Provenance: Ex Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 584; Münzen und Medaillen 43 (12 November 1970), lot 250; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica XVIII, 10 October 1938), lot 34; Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber Collection (J. Hirsch XXIV, 10 May 1909), lot 771. "The fraught relationship of Mark Antony and Octavian underwent numerous permutations during their 13-year joint domination of the Roman state. This denarius, struck in mid-41 BC in the eastern half of the Empire ruled by Antony, puts the political situation in stark terms, with Antony and Octavian, still sporting youthful long sideburns, on opposite sides. While Antony occupies the dominant obverse, Octavian calls himself by the potent name Caesar, soon to become a title for future Roman emperors."[/QUOTE]
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