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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2563029, member: 4298&quot;]Some that haven&#039;t been posted in this thread yet</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0023-050np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Denarius </b>minted in 43 BC</p><p>M ANTO IMP RPC, Head of Mark Antony right, lituus behind him</p><p>CAESAR DIC, Head of Caesar right, jug behind him</p><p>3.76 gr</p><p>Ref : HCRI # 123, RCV #1465, Cohen #3 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0023-065.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Lepidus and Octavian, Denarius </b>minted in Italy, 42 BC</p><p>LEPIDVS PONT MAX III V R P C, bare head of Lepidus right (NT and MA in monograms)</p><p>C CAESAR IMPIII VIR R P C, bare head of Octavian right (MP in monogram)</p><p>3.78 gr</p><p>Ref : HCRI # 140, RCV # 1523, Cohen # 2</p><p><br /></p><p>The following from forum catalog :</p><p><i>&quot;Lepidus was a faithful follower of Julius Caesar, and he served as Praetor and Consul. When Caesar was assassinated, Lepidus was in charge of the cavalry and commanded a legion. This position secured him a place in the Second Triumvirate along Marc Antony and Octavian. His cut was Africa. When Octavian attacked Sextus Pompey&#039;s Sicily, Lepidus&#039; ships and troops supported him. In an uninspired move, Lepidus thought he could force Octavian to leave him the island. The two armies separated and isolated skirmishes occurred, but soon the soldiers sick of yet another civil war, acknowledging Octavian&#039;s superiority deserted Lepidus en-masse. Lepidus left the island as a simple civilian, retaining only his priesthood, but he was the only defeated Imperator not to suffer a violent death.&quot;</i> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0023-070np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Mark Antony and Lucius Antonius, Denarius </b>minted in Ephesus in 41 BC</p><p>M ANT IMP AVG III VIR RPCM NERVA PROQ P, Bare head of Mark Antony right</p><p>L ANTONIUS COS, Bare head of Lucius Antonius right</p><p>3.58 gr</p><p>Ref : HCRI # 246, RCV #1509, Cohen #2</p><p>Following description taken from NAC auction 40, #617, about an other example of the same coin :</p><p>&quot;<i>This denarius, depicting the bare heads of Marc Antony and his youngest brother Lucius Antony, is a rare dual-portrait issue of the Imperatorial period. The family resemblance is uncanny, and one wonders if they truly looked this much alike, or if it is another case of portrait fusion, much like we observe with the dual-portrait billon tetradrachms of Antioch on which the face of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII takes on the square dimensions of Marc Antony. When Antony fled Rome to separate himself from Octavian and to take up his governorship in Gaul, Lucius went with him, and suffered equally from the siege of Mutina. This coin, however, was struck in a later period, when Lucius had for a second time taken up arms against Octavian in the west. Marc Antony was already in the east, and that is the region from which this coinage emanates. Since Lucius lost the ‘Perusine War’ he waged against Octavian, and was subsequently appointed to an office in Spain, where he died, it is likely that he never even saw one of his portrait coins.</i>&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0030-405.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Octavian &amp; Agrippa, AE Dupondius </b> Arausio mint (Orange), 30-29 BC (Colonia Firma Julia Secundanorum Arausio)</p><p>IMP DIVI F (IMPerator DIVI Filii), bare heads of Augustus (right) and Agrippa (left), back to back</p><p>Prow of galley right, ram&#039;s head (?) enclosed in a medaillion above</p><p>17.61 gr - 28 mm.</p><p>Ref : RPC # 533</p><p><i>Ex. CNG e-auction #181/28, from the Patrick Villemur collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Following comment taken from <a href="http://www.asdenimes.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asdenimes.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.asdenimes.com/</a> :</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>Un très bel exemplaire du dupondius d&#039;Orange. Têtes adossées d&#039;Agrippa (à gauche) et Octave (à droite). Très beaux reliefs. </i></p><p><i>L’as (ou dupondius) d’Orange est très rare et nombre d&#039;exemplaires connus (quelques dizaines) sont souvent de médiocre conservation. Le dupondius d&#039;Orange préfigure le dupondius de Nîmes frappé à partir de 28/27 av. J.-C. et qui reprendra l’avers quasiment à l’identique (y compris les légendes), avec les profils d’Octave devenu Auguste et d’Agrippa. Le revers sera interprété de façon parodique sur l’as de Nîmes, puisque la galère sera remplacée par le crocodile qui garde à peu près la forme générale du vaisseau et dont l’oeil prophylactique (pas visible sur cet exemplaire : voir les as de Vienne page suivante) deviendra l’oeil du crocodile. On y ajoutera la palme pour former le mat et quelques autres accessoires tout aussi symboliques.</i></p><p><i>La tête de bélier représentée dans le médaillon du revers serait l’emblème des vétérans de la légio II Gallica qui a fondé la colonie d’Arausio vers 35 av. J.-C.</i></p><p><i>On distingue 2 types de dupondius d&#039;Orange : ceux dont les portraits occupent la plus grande partie de l&#039;avers et ceux qui montrent des têtes plutôt petites</i>.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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