| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXIX | Auction date: 13 January 2026 |
| Lot number: 474 Price realized: 2,750 USD (Approx. 2,354 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: PHRYGIA, Eumeneia (as Fulvia). Fulvia, first wife of Mark Antony. Circa 41-40 BC. Æ (19.5mm, 7.12 g, 12h). Zmertorix, the son of Philonides, magistrate. Bust of Fulvia (as Nike) right / ΦOYΛOYIANΩN ZMEPTOPΓOΣ ΦIΛΩNIΔOY, Athena advancing left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left. RPC I 3139; BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen –; CRI p. 83 (this coin illustrated). Dark brown patina, minor marks. Near EF. From the Barry N. Rightman Collection. Ex Spink 65 (5 October 1988), lot 144. Fulvia married Mark Antony in 44 BC, and became an outspoken defender of his interests in Rome while he campaigned in the East. The city of Eumeneia was re-named Fulvia in her honor by Antony's partisans. By 40 BC Fulvia's strident attacks on Octavian caused a great deal of trouble of Antony, who upbraided her for antagonizing Octavian, with whom he was trying to maintain a semblance of cordial relations. Fulvia died at Sicyon shortly thereafter. Sometime afterward these coins struck at "Fulviana" had their ethnic scratched off, and two countermarks were applied: one may be resolved as Eumeneia; the other as Philonidos, although the magistrate Zmertorix himself has been suggested). These countermarks suggest that, rather than melting down the coinage of Fulvia and striking new coins, a more expeditious solution was required to keep needed currency in circulation. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
