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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 3234895, member: 88526&quot;]And to further make the point...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]845535[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mark Antony Sol denarius</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>M ANTONIVS M F M N AVGVR IMP TERT around (MP and RT ligatured)</p><p>Mark Antony, veiled and wearing the priestly robes of an Augur, standing right, holding lituus in right hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>III VIR R P C COS DESIG ITER ET TERT</p><p>Radiate head of Sol right</p><p><br /></p><p>Athens</p><p>Summer 38 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>3.92g</p><p>Crawford 533/2, Sear Imperators 267</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-ANE, Ex-Seaby with original ticket</p><p><br /></p><p>Antony&#039;s third Imperatorial acclimation resulted from Ventidius&#039; victory at Gindarus. Antony&#039;s depiction in priestly robes of an augur emphasizes the importance which he placed on the possession of this religious office. The word AVGVR features prominently on most of Antony&#039;s remaining coinage right down to Actium. No doubt this was to stress his adherence to Republican traditions. Sol is symbolic of the East and shows Antony&#039;s personal concern for eastern affairs after the distraction caused by his extended stay in Italy starting in the second half of 40 BC and running almost the whole of the following year[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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