Marc Antony AR Denarius. Struck under Octavian, southern or central Italian mint, late 40-early 39 BC. Bare head to right; ANTONIVS upwards to left, IMP downwards to right / Winged caduceus; CAESAR IMP around below. Crawford 529/3; CRI 303; BMCRR Gaul 94; CNR II 38/1 (this coin cited); RSC 5. 3.81g, 20mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine; graffito on rev., attractive iridescent cabinet tone.

This coin cited in A. Banti and L. Simonetti, Corpus Nummorum Romanorum Vol. II (Florence, 1973);
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, collector's tickets included;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1671;
Ex Numismatica Varesi, Auction 43, 20 April 2004, lot 14 (hammer: EUR 850);
Ex Kunst und Münzen, FPL 4, 1970, lot 117;
Ex Kunst und Münzen 3, 6 November 1969, lot 201 (est. CHF 900).

This remarkable type forms part of the issue struck by Octavian to mark the reconciliation between himself and Marc Antony, an event which took place at Brundisium late in 40 BC. In contrast to his triumviral colleague however, Octavian gave the prominence of the obverse to Antony with the type bearing his portrait alone; on Antony's coinage of the same period, Octavian is only noted in a subsidiary capacity.