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Imperatorial: Marc
Antony (43-33 BC)
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Marc Antony, AR Denarius, 32-31 BC, Military mint, possibly Patrae
ANT . AVG / III . VIR . R . P . C
Praetorian galley right, scepter tied with fillet on prow
CHORTIVM PRAETORIARVM
Aquila between two legionary standards
17mm x 19mm, 3.30g
Antony 7; Crawford 544/8; Sydenham 1213
Note: The Cohortes Praetoriae formed the bodyguard of the commanders. They
consisted of mixed companies of horse and foot soldiers, generally
selected from veterans and in Imperial times became the Praetorian Guard.
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Marc Antony, AR Denarius, 32-31 BC, Mint moving with Marc Antony
ANT . AVG / III . VIR . R . P . C
Praetorian galley right, scepter tied with fillet on prow
LEG | II
Aquila between two legionary standards
16mm x 18mm, 3.48g
Antony 27; Crawford 544/14
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Marc Antony, AR Denarius, 32-31 BC, Mint moving with Marc Antony
ANT . AVG / III . VIR . R . P . C
Praetorian galley right, scepter tied with fillet on prow
LEG | II
Aquila between two legionary standards
18mm x 19mm, 3.59g
Antony 27; Crawford 544/14
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Roman Imperatorial, Marc Antony, AR Denarius, 32-31 BC, Mint moving with Marc Antony
ANT • AVG / III • VIR • R • P • C
Praetorian galley right, scepter tied with fillet on prow, E banker's mark
in upper field
LEG | X
Aquila between two legionary standards, punch mark in left field
17mm, 3.40g
Antony 38; Sydenham 1228; Crawford 544/24
Consignor notes: Old, dark toning, well-centered for issue, all details
clear and complete.
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Marc Antony, AR Denarius, 32-31 BC, Mint moving with Marc Antony
ANT . AVG / III . VIR . R . P . C
Praetorian galley right, scepter tied with fillet on prow
LEG | XI
Aquila between two legionary standards
18mm x 20mm, 3.37g
Antony 39; Sydenham 1229; Crawford 544/25
Ex Vel Garnett Collection
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Marc Antony, AR Denarius, 32-31 BC, Mint moving with Marc Antony
ANT . AVG / III . VIR . R . P . C
Praetorian galley right, scepter tied with fillet on prow
LEG | XVI
Aquila between two legionary standards
17mm, 4.00g
Antony 48; Sydenham 1236
Note: This example is 2mm thick and may have been overstruck on a drachm or similar coin
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Marc Antony, AR Denarius, 32-31 BC, Mint moving with Marc Antony
ANT . AVG / III . VIR . R . P . C
Praetorian galley right, scepter tied with fillet on prow
LEG | XXI
Aquila between two legionary standards
16mm x 17mm, 3.02g
Antony 58; Crawford 544/37; Sydenham 1244
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Octavian and Marc Antony, AR Quinarius, 39 BC, Military Mint Traveling
with Octavian in Gaul
R . P . C-III . VIR .
Veiled, diademed head of Concordia right
M . ANTON-C . CAESAR
Clasped hands holding upright caduceus with spear-point base
13mm x 14mm, 1.66g
Antony 67a; Crawford 529/4b; CRI 304; Sydenham 1195; Kestner 3813; BMCRR East
128
Note: This issue commemorates the reconciliation between Antony and
Octavian
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Marc Antony, struck under M. Oppius Capito, AE Semis, 38/37 BC, Minted at the naval base of Capito in Greece
M . ANT . IMP . TER . COS . DESIG . [ITER . ET . TER . III . VIR . R . P . C]
Bare head of Antony right
[M OPPIVS CAPI] TO PR . PRAEF . [CLASS F C]
Prow right, S above
14mm, 2.53g
RPC 1466; Amandry,"Le monnayage en bronze de Bibulus, Atratinus et Capito," SNR 66 (1987), 105-106.
The coin is part of the so called "Fleet Coinage" and was struck under M. Oppius Capito, as propraetor and
praefectus classis in 38/37 BC. The S above the prow stands for Semis.
For more information on this series, please click here for
Hannes Mayer's page
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Marc Antony and Octavia, AR Cistophorus Tetradrachm, Ephesus (?)
M ANTONIVS . IMP . COS . DESIG ITER ET TERT .
Laureate bust of Marc Antony right, jugate with draped bust of Octavia
III . VIR . R . P . C
Bacchus standing left on cista mystica, holding cup and thyrsus, flanked by serpents
26mm, 11.79g
RPC 2202
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Marc Antony and Octavian, AR Denarius, 41 BC, Military Mint Traveling with
Antony in Syria (?)
M . ANTON . IMP . III . VIR . R . P . C . AVG
Bare head of Marc Antony right
CAESAR . IMP . PONT (NT ligate) . III . VIR . R . P . C .
Bare head of Octavian right
19mm x 21mm, 4.02g
Antony and Augustus 2a; Sydenham 1194; Crawford 528/3
Note from Seaby: "These pieces were probably struck by M. Antony to
commemorate the reconciliation between the triumvirs."
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Marc Antony and Octavian, AR Denarius, 41 BC, Ephesus
M . ANT . IMP . AVG . III . VIR . R . P . C . M . BARBAT . Q . P .
Bare head of Marc Antony right
CAESAR . IMP . PONT . III . VIR . R . P . C .
Bare head of Octavian right
18mm x 20mm, 3.44g
Antony and Augustus 8; Sydenham 1181; Crawford 517/2
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