| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 563 Price realized: 1,600 GBP (Approx. 2,018 USD / 1,868 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Marc Antony and Octavia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Circa 39 BC. M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT, conjoined busts of Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia to right / III•VIR• R•P•C, Dionysus standing to left on cista mystica between twisting snakes, holding sceptre. RPC I 2202; RSC 3; CRI 263; BMCRR East 136. 11.90g, 27mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 6, 25 March 2023, lot 27; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 52, 10 January 2019, lot 482. Following the death of Octavia's first husband, C. Claudius Marcellus, in 40 BC, her marriage to Antony sought to seal the Pact of Brundisium in which it had been agreed that Octavian would assume control of the west and Antony of the east. The striking of this type cements the agreement before the people of Ephesus, an important city, later made the capital of Asia Minor by Augustus in 27 BC. Octavia spent two winters with Antony in Athens and in 37 BC assisted in securing the Triumvirate for another 5 years at the Pact of Tarentum. Following this, Antony returned to the east and, having left Octavia behind, lived with Cleopatra in Egypt. Although they divorced in 32 BC, after Antony's defeat at the Battle of Actium and subsequent suicide, Octavia raised all of his surviving children by Fulvia and Cleopatra, along with her own. Estimate: 750 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 564 Price realized: 800 GBP (Approx. 1,009 USD / 934 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Marc Antony and Octavia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Circa 39 BC. M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT, head of Antony to right, wearing ivy wreath, lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers / III•VIR• R•P•C, head of Octavia atop cista mystica, between twisting snakes. RPC I 2201; CRI 262; BMCRR East 133; RSC 2. 11.93g, 26mm, 12h. Good Very Fine; well-centred on the flan. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 6, 25 March 2023, lot 25; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 54, 28 February 2019, lot 354 (hammer: 600 GBP). Estimate: 700 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 565 Price realized: 420 GBP (Approx. 530 USD / 490 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Marc Antony and Octavia AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Ephesus, Ionia. Circa 39 BC. M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT, head of Antony to right, wearing ivy wreath, lituus below; all within wreath of ivy and flowers / III•VIR• R•P•C, head of Octavia atop cista mystica, between twisting snakes. RPC I 2201; CRI 262; BMCRR East 133; RSC 2. 11.85g, 26mm, 12h. Very Fine; striking old cabinet tone. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 6, 25 March 2023, lot 26; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 880. Estimate: 350 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559 | Auction date: 3 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 329 Price realized: 180 USD (Approx. 167 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.52 g, 12h). Ephesus mint(?). Conjoined heads right of Mark Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia, slight drapery / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents. Hiltmann, Type 2; RPC I 2202 (Cistophoric Mint); CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3. Lighlty toned, porosity. Good Fine. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 464 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Mark Antony and Octavia. Summer-autumn 39 BC. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 11.71 g, 11h). Ephesus mint(?). Conjoined heads right of Mark Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia, slight drapery / Dionysus, holding cantharus and thyrsus, standing left on cista mystica, flanked by interlaced serpents. Hiltmann, Type 2; RPC I 2202 (Cistophoric Mint); CRI 263; Sydenham 1198; RSC 3. Deeply toned, light roughness, scattered marks. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 461. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3233 Price realized: 260 CHF (Approx. 296 USD / 274 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Mark Antony, 44-30 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.85 g, 9 h), Athens, summer 38. III•VIR•R•P•C•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT Radiate head of Sol to right. Rev. M ANTONIVS•M•F•M•N•AVGVR•IM•TER Mark Antony standing right, veiled and wearing the priestly robe of an augur, holding lituus in his right hand. Babelon (Antonia) 80. Crawford 533/2. RBW 1820. Sydenham 1199. Two banker's marks on the obverse and with a test cut on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 3995 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
