Description
Mark Antony and Octavia.
Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm, mint of Ephesus, c. 39 BC.
Obverse: M•ANTONIVS•IMP•COS•DESIG•ITER•ET•TERT, conjoined busts of Antony, wearing ivy wreath, and Octavia facing right.
Reverse: III•VIR• R•P•C, Dionysus, holding sceptre, standing left on cista mystica between twisting snakes.
(RPC I 2202; RSC 3; CRI 263; BMCRR East 136).
Good Very Fine. Attractively toned.
12.17g.