★ A nicely toned cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia ★

Mark Antony and Octavia, 40-35 BC. Cistophorus (Silver, 27 mm, 12.00 g, 12 h), Ephesus, summer-autumn 39. M ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER ET TERT• Conjoined heads of Antony, wearing wreath of ivy, and Octavia to right. Rev. III•VIR• - R•P•C Dionysus, holding cantharus in his right hand and thyrsus with his left, standing left on cista mystica flanked by interlaced serpents with heads erect. RPC I 2202. Sydenham 1198. Beautifully toned. Some scratches, otherwise, good very fine.

From a collection formed in the Rhineland, ex Giessener Münzhandlung 67, 2 May 1994, 391 (with original ticket).