Mark Antony and Octavia, 39 BC. Cistophoric Tetradrachm (Silver, 29 mm, 11.93 g, 11 h), Ephesos. M ANTONIVS IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER ET•TERT Head of Antony to right, wearing ivy wreath; below, lituus; all within an ivy wreath. Rev. III•VIR• / R•P•C• Small draped bust of Octavia to right above cista mystica; both flanked by interlaced serpents with erect heads. BMC 133. Cohen 2. CRI 262. RPC 2201. Attractively toned. About extremely fine.

From a European collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100, 29 May 2017, 1673 and Sternberg XXVI, 16 November 1992, 263.

Remnant of an unhappy but fateful marriage